Playa Del Coco to San Antonio de Belen
November 26, 2009

Well Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Today we drove from the Pacific Ocean to close to the airport near the capital of Costa Rica, the city of San Jose. It was lots of up and down and around mountains with a two lane road and lots of trucks that really slowed us down. Five hours to drive about 150 miles and that was with two stops to let the transmission cool down. When we drive so slowly up long hills (4-5 miles long) it tends to overheat the transmission. I think that I may have the fluid changed here before we go home.
This will probably be the furthest south that we drive. If we go to Panama it will probably be by bus.
Last night was our night to splurge on what Bev said was the best seafood dinner she has had all year. It was a nice bistro on the second floor balcony overlooking the street in Playa Del Coco. She had the seafood platter with calamari, crabs, shrimp, and fish and mussels in a white wine sauce with vegetables and rice and was really great. I had the catch of the day in there macadamia nut sauce and we both had a Caesar salad and then coffee (really strong coffee) for dessert.
Today we spent some time shopping for souvenirs and for furniture and we will see if we can get it shipped to Mexico or the US.
Tonight we are in our first RV park in a lonnnnnng time. It is nice to have full hookups once again ant to not have to worry about water or dumping or electrical. Although Playa Del Coco was great being on the beach next to the water we had to conserve our fresh water for showers because we did not have easy access to a fresh water supply. But then there was the ocean right at our doorstep to go dip in when we were too warm.
The next few days will be getting things arranged if we can for buying furniture if it can be shipped back to Mexico or the US and if not we will then look in southern Mexico on the west coast. That and souvenir shopping and seeing Olinda the woman that we stayed with while taking language school so many years ago.