Return to San José alternated with other moments of sadness and smiles knowingly. Sometimes, we looked into his eyes and we started to talk about Puerto Jimenez (our favorite), thinking we'd like to stay at least a few more days.
But the next day we had to take a plane (martin air), with stops in Miami and Amsterdam and Madrid final destination. More than twenty hours by plane. A real beating.
To get to San Jose before nightfall, we left pretty early. We were far away, more than two hundred fifty kilometers, so suited to hurry. The first leg of the trip we visited the Nicoya Peninsula. Crossing so in Costa Rica called dry forest. Compared with Spain, the landscape is quite green. But it is true that there is much humendad and, despite being all covered with vegetation, this is not so lush.
At the end of the peninsula is crossed by a huge metal bridge, to the region of Puntarenas. From there we return to the perennial American road, real backbone of the country.
spent hours listening to the beat of whales and raegueton in the car. Almost until he had caught a taste and, since the early days of the trip, and had not returned to using my brand new Ipod and portable speakers. Electronic music does not fit well with Central America.
The only remarkable story and, indeed, bad enough, we had a "chop" with another driver (Porsche Cayenne) that was spent, not to throw us very well why the lights, and after pitarnos ahead, get ahead and stop. At the end I stood on one side of the shoulder, but saw me and did the same. Saima Neither the car, but when I turned to start, he returned to block us. At the end we came across in one direction and he took us, fortunately another.
The only "problem" that we had throughout the trip, we had found us a driver of a Porsche. How ironic. When many people think that the danger can come from people who have nothing, while it seems that education and civic behavior is the property of wealthy nations. Well of course neither one is safe, nor the other is true. Costa Rica certainly has not seemed a poor country. It is not. You can not compare copn Europe, but their environment is the most prosperous and, although they are familar modest, extreme poverty is virtually nonexistent.
People live reasonably well and tourism is assuming a very important source of income. Moreover, even if they are committing abuses in its development, in general there is a fairly strong awareness of the need to establish a model of sustainable development. Is the country in the world with the highest percentage of protected land. Citizens are absolutely scrupulous in not littering and try to keep the country as clean as possible (contrary to what we saw a year later in Panama).
Traveling Costa Rica is comfortable (except for the bad roads) and insurance. Pairs where peers have a beer, eat or just rest a while, people are friendly and cariñoza. Especially with the English. The food is not wonderful, but I remember some ceviche (my favorite Latin American dish) delightfully fresh.
When we were about 70 kilometers from San José, and still day, we have a new experience "Policy." A jam. As always we had circulated in remote areas to the capital, we believed that this is not possible. But there we were. Caught in a huge tail that lasted for the next forty miles. More than two hours it took to enter the city. Costi we find the hotel, which was on the outskirts near the airport.
I was dead on both drive. Although it was late, I noticed a dip in the pool to relax muscles. We believe in lowering the center, ruling it worse at the end. dinner relax in the hotel and went to bed early. Seguíams having the same feeling. on the one hand Staba happy everything we had seen and felt, but on the other, we had the pain of having to leave so soon. Tomorrow will be met two weeks since we arrived. We think we could have spent two weeks in Puerto Jimenez abura perfectamenteme without even a moment.
To encourage us promos to ourselves that we will return soon. Because of my knee injury, could not make progress in Corcovado National Park, and that is something that should be worth doing. The trouble is that, like all "good" trajador, have to endure twelve months of hard labor, but enjoy a few days. It makes little sense, but it is. Is not it?.
We fell asleep listening to the sound of the jungle. In Costa Rica, including the capital kilómeros few can enjoy the soothing symphony composed by howler monkeys and birds of all kinds. tomorrow we just return the car and take the plane, so we practically dismissed from Cosa Rica. See you soon. We'll meet again.
0 comments:
Post a Comment