Hola Costa Rica!

I've just arrived at my backpackers in Costa Rica today. The flights were long but shorter than they should have been. My ticket was supposed to go via Peru and Colombia but when I landed in Peru they told me I'd been shifted onto a direct flight to Costa Rica. Shweet!

Feeling seriously jet lagged but needed to stay awake a bit longer so hooked up with a couple of other people who've just arrived in CR and headed out for a dinner. The local chow is very much like meat combined with samp and beans. Solid stuff. Decent beer too. Its now 8:30pm here and I'm absolutely stuffed. My body clock is still on JHB time (that makes it 4:30am!) so no wonder.

I plan to go check out some tour shops tomorrow and find a trip or two I feel like taking. Thinking of heading east for some river rafting followed by a bit of tarpon fishing further north.

I got to see a bit of the city yesterday when I stubbornly hiked from the airport bus stop to the backpackers to avoid taking a taxi - turned out to be about 5kms!