Here comes Costa Rica

We sailed through the night to enter into Puntarenas, Costa Rica. We opted for a Panoramic Tour on the air conditioned bus on this stop. Our guide, Miner was awesome. He shared so much information with us, I can hardly remember it all. Our first stop on the tour was in the town where a group of school children were ready to dance for us. There was a cute little three year old I wanted to take home with me in my carry-on. There was items for sale close by and a church you could tour. I browsed around a little and it was time to get back on the bus. We made it to a place where there were clean restrooms (hallelujah!), a gift shop and fresh fruit waiting for us. The pineapple was so sweet and juicy. Costa Rica is the number one producer of pineapple inthe world, one of the little known facts I learned on the tour:) I also learned that inthe cities that we visited, they don't have house numbers or mailboxes. They don't use mail very often. They have up-to-date technology such as email, so they communicate that way mostly. if they do receive mail, their mailing address will have their name, city, county and a decription of where they live (such as..in front of the school, small yellow house with the tree in the front yard). This might explain the over-the-top brightly colored homes everywhere! Some other interesting things we saw were cashew trees...did anyone realize cashews were fruit??? They're beautiful! At one of the last stops, we were were at a small market with local arts and crafts and food. Austin wanted his picture taken with the Policio there with his motorcycle (more like a motorbike).

Life seems fairly simple in Costa Rica. Just enough civilization to get what you need, without all the hustle and bustle of the city life. I could so retire there.

Later this evening we boarded the ship and ate at a restaurant on th eship called the Bayou Cafe. It was so good!!! Cajun food for all. I will have to say that the spicy sausage and grits I had were my favorite. Afterwards we saw a comedy show, we had so much fun!!