Friday 10/3/08

“Flying by the seed of our pants” is the best way to explain today and the next few days to come. Three friends and I were headed to the beach today right after class. It was a very spontaneous trip and we had really no idea what we were doing. We knew that we were going to be Puntarenas, but not much more than that (how to get to the bus that takes us, where we would stay, how much it would cost, what we would do, etc). So, I went to class and then the four of us beach bums said goodbye to our classmates (who were stuck in San Jose for the weekend writing their papers) and began our unplanned yet exciting journey. We stopped in San Jose for a quick lunch and then walked quite away to find the bus stop that goes to Puntarenas. It was a nice cheap ride ($4) and even though we got caught in some stop-start traffic we eventually made it to the beach! Within a few seconds a man approached us and invited us to come stay at his hotel (as we hadn’t planned this piece out before the trip). It only ended up costing us $8 a night for a nice room with A/C, a shower, individual beds for each of us and cable TV. We were all so excited to see what was ahead of us for the weekend. We found a local pizza place and ordered a big pizza to share. We spent the rest of out evening sitting at the pier, talking and just enjoying the fact that we were out of the big city. Due to some rain and tiredness we headed back to the hotel and finished the night off with TV and more talking. As unplanned as things were, we knew we had an exciting weekend ahead of us.