Not one of the good days

Stiff and sore but another great morning cup of coffee. I had the “tipico” breakfast this morning – juice, fruit plate, rice & beans, fried plantain, eggs. I liked it very much. Don’t know what the fruit juice was – I asked but didn’t understand. It was a translucent white something. Tasty.

 

We said farewell to Turrialba and headed on our way - we had ~120 miles to drive today to the Mt. Arenal region. Based on the twisty-turny ride we had in, we figured it would be at least four hours putting us there mid-afternoon. I’m anticipating some great views. I like being a passenger rather than the driver.

Everything was going just fine, only a few wrong turns were made and we were almost past San Jose unscathed when the passenger side rear tire went flat. On a busy road. We drove on a little bit looking for a safe place to pull over and a couple of guys motioned us into a parking lot. A bunch of flurry and work later and Ken had changed the tire. I stood around being a princess and not paying much attention to anything.

On our way again. The Budget car rental place was only ~5 miles away and we wanted to trade vehicles since the current one vibrated terribly at any kind of speed. So we went over there to do so. That’s when we discovered that Ken’s computer bag was missing. In all that flurry getting the jack out and changing the tire, someone obviously walked off with his computer. Bummer. That cast a real pall on what had been a good day so far.

But there was nothing to be done about it so we continued on our way to our next stop – the Montaña De Fuego near La Fortuna. Made it there about 4:30pm under clouds and a light spatter of rain. We immediately went to the bar (where the wi-fi was), ordered a couple of cerveza’s (beers), and I set up an account for Ken on my computer. He needed to change some passwords as soon as possible.

As a suitable end to this day, our car was dented on the passenger side door as we were eating an overpriced so-so supper in the hotel restaurant. We had only driven down because it was pouring rain. Ah well, nothing to do but go forward.