Puerto Viejo

A bunch a american expads own hotels and restaurants all over town. They grew up during the seventies and are pretty much smoking weed all day (evidently starting at 0600 AM). One guy stood out of the mass. Cliff has seen it all and claims to be a political refugee. He discoverd a long time ago that the magnetic generater would revolutionize the energy production. A not disclosed agency has spied on him and he got really scared. He fled to Mexico and now hides in Costa Rica since 20 years. He even drew me a scetch of the device - of course while blazing the third or fourth J of the day. It was mid day. Me and Andreas drank a lot, played some pool and dipped into the ocean. Two days later I was happy to go on and to be by myself again.

Cauhita

It's a 300 soul village. But pretty popular among turists. A lot of semi fancy restaurants are all over and the african decent culture gives the town a laidback feeling. That's where I also bumbed into Andreas from Denmark. He has been on the road since 9 months. We drank in the evenings - follwoing the World Soccer Championship Qualification games as Costa Rica pounded the salvadorians. We also went to a remote beach, where nobdy else was hanging out. We opened a few coconuts and enjoyed the caribbian waves that were coming in. I also had the honor two talk with a 60 year old Republican who told me how the world really is. There is no recession - everything is fine, there is no global warming - the only news channel that tells the truth is FOX News, and on and on and on. After two days we went off to Puerto Viejo.

San Jose

San Jose is not as big as you would expect and also noy as ugly. Tranquillo Backbagers Hostel has the vibes to enjoy San Juan at night without blowing your budget. Generaly the city's main attraction are the people. They are really polite and give the city the buzz of a true capitol city. Many parks are scatterd all over town and offer the relief from the traffic everybody is looking for after a few hours. I also met Cornelia from Switzerland who went to school with Frederick (my brother). She was just at the end of her trip. With an norwegian girl I went to the main museum. Displaying the ancient gold and some art that was alomost worth the entry fee. But the parks and the people is what I'll remember.