Saturday, April 3, 2010

San Jose Difference


We went out for a walk in Quepos this morning before leaving. We found a very nice city park at the end of the street -- it actually deadended into the park. It was fun watching the waves break into the rocks.

Our ride to San Jose was early but so were we. We had a nice ride with a couple from Wisconsin that had spent time at Montezuma. It sounded like a really nice place to visit. We picked them up in Jaco which is another beach town. They said that most things were closed on Good Friday, but there were plenty of drug dealers and prostitutes pushing their wares. I´m glad that I missed that bit of color.

The area of our hotel in San Jose is a little different. The clerk basically told Dad that it wasn´t a good neighborhood after dark and that we are in the middle of the red light district. I´m lucky that I got Stephen to leave the hotel after he heard that. We walked down to the main street in search of the Ancient Gold Museum. We found it, but would you believe that it was closed today. We gave up after that and just located things to eat -- saw a KFC, Taco Bell, McDonald´s, Wendy´s, and Subway. Dad felt like he was back at home.

We are in for the night in preparation for the airport experience tomorrow. Hope you are all enjoying conference -- I guess we will see it when we get home.

1 comment:

Cory Nimer said...

Sorry to hear about the problems due to Easter. It sounds like the holiday really brings out the extremes. We have enjoyed looking at the pictures of the wildlife, and look forward to seeing the rest of the pictures next time we see you.

Thanks for the e-cards, too. The kids liked the farmer coloring the bacon.

Lila says, "Grandma and Grandpa -- I love you!"