So I'm now traveling with Angus. I wasn't sure for a time, if I wanted anyone from home traveling with me. I went through a stage of wanting to cut off from everything back home, but actually I'm glad he is here with me. Angus always has a calming effect on me. He keeps me on the straight and narrow and stops my sometimes reckless behaviour. In fact I'm a complete nightmare. I'm not sure why he puts up with me sometimes. All that said we get on well; we always have. Though we do squabble like children and wind each up a lot.
We decided to go to La Fortuna first so that Angus could see some of Costa Rica. La Fortuna was not quite what I expected. Instead of the sleepy little town by a volcano I had visioned, we found a tourist trap and a expensive one at that! We opted to go on a volcano tour which we were told would have no more than 10 people. Well people must not be able to count in Costa Rica as there were 30 in our group. It was also a shit tour! The guides got done from the police for trespassing, they did not really know anything, they abused the wildlife and were a health and safety nightmare! The only good thing was we got to go to the natural hot springs which helped my buggered shoulders so much! The next day we decided to take matters into our own hands and hired a motor bike and did our own tour. Now Angus told me he had last ridden a motor bike a couple of months ago. It later turns out it was over two years ago! I should of know as he started out very tentatively, but after an hour he turned into Mad Max and was racing down those roads, which I loved. He said he's going to get a bike in London; I really hope so, it's so much fun racing around on those things; well that's if I'm not the driver ( remember the Cook Islands episode everyone)? The best bit of the day was finding a waterfall with no one there. We went swimming in the river and like the total idiots we are decided to set up the camera filming us stunt fighting and falling into the water. A great day; motor bikes and stunt fighting; what more can anyone ask for?
We then moved on to Monte Verde in the mountains. We went on a coffee tour as Angus used to work as a coffee roaster. There is only one problem with this: I hate coffee! So when ask on the tour what my favourite coffee was an I had to say I don't drink it! Everyone looked at me like a weirdo! Never mind it happens quite a lot anyway. The next day we did a nature walk which was good as no animals were abused which always helps. This was followed by the canopy tour, which we nearly crapped ourselves on the last swing as it was more like a bungie. We then went horse riding as Angus had never been on a horse before, which was OK but me being Miss horse woman, all I wanted to do was gallop, which wasn't possible. So I just had to sit watch our guide Mr machete as I called him chop down every tree in sight, while on horse back!
We our now back in the shit hole, San Jose as we get a bus to Panama tomorrow and Bocas Del Toro. I'm sooooo excited to go go to a new country. Costa Rica has been great but it's time to move on and my wallet needs a rest as this place is far to expensive. Panama baby here we come.
OBSERVATIONS
* I did think for a long time that the men in Costa Rica had some problems with their teeth as they are always making sucking noises when you walk by but actually I have learnt that is their version of wolf whistling.
* So much for getting my Latino curves for Rio. I think I've lost weight, as my breasts seem to have shrunk. Dam it!
* Actually I know why Latino women have big breasts. They keep their mobile phones between them. I tried it but it just looked like some rectangle lump. So correction. Latino women keep their phones down there because they have big breasts.
* I have started to talk Spanish in a Brooklyn Jewish accent due to a comical Jewish family that lived below us in our hotel in La Fortuna. I do not think this helps with my already bad pronounciation.
* There are a lot of cross eyed people in Costa Rica.
*The shop manequins over here have the biggest knockers ever. There like porn stars or something.
* There are lots of fat people here (Alex Shipp would hate it!) It's because there is fast food places everywhere. Tonight me and Angus had the most depressing meal ever eating shite fast food in a mall as there was no other stuff to eat other than fast food!
If you want to see more photos and videos of what we have been up to. Click on this link below to Angus's flicker site.
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