We started on a high note getting to the airport 45 minutes before any airport personnel. After checking our luggage, going through security and being on an overbooked flight, all went suprisingly smooth. After 2.5 hour flight arriving 35 minutes early into houston, we got some breakfast and headed out for San José for our connecting flight. Upon arriving into Costa Rica, we met our tour guide Herson who will lead us through the next 9 days in his country. We then encountered our first taste of Costa Rica culture. Costa Rica´s capital was found in the mid 1800s and lies 2700 ft above sea level. We toured the city walking along the avenida central which is the longest pedistrian walkway in Costa Rica, had a chance to see pigieons swarming over the area of the opera house. Some of the birds ate off of our hands. We passed the first post office in Central American, took a stroll through the mercado central and also saw the first McDonalds built in 1960 outside of the US. We had our first taste of Costa Rican cuisine with amazing sugar and carmel donuts followed by caramel filled churros and our first meal of rice and beans. Our first hotel is nicer than imagined and we cannot wait till see what tomorrow brings.
Pura vida
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