11 July
We left Nicaragua after over 2 and a half hours in getting through that border. Costa Rica took about the same amount of time.
Apparently Norm thought this was a quick crossing, because he guided us to the coastal road of Costa Rica. We thought we were going to stop at Punta Arenas (all 4 of us heard that) be we continued on to Parrita. We saw a wreck, one car off the right side of the road, and another with a motor scooter underneath it. This probably occurred at twilight and on a damp road, because it was late and it had rained a little. It was dark upon arrival and we camped at a school that Norm has stayed at before. We were supposed to be able to get inside the locked compound, but that wasn't the case. It ended up we camped next to the school and a park. Ben didn't think it very safe and there was quite a confrontation about this. Norm ended up moving his truck to sort of protect us, plus a local guy told us that there is a neighborhood night watchman that starts at 10 pm.
From what we saw of Costa Rica, it appears to be the green-est country of Central America. They take pride in not having trash along the road side. The coastal road was finished about 7 years ago. It was in pretty good shape, compared to CA-1/-2 which was like driving on a washboard and extremely narrow. Unfortunately, Norm thinks Costa Rica has too much commercial tourism, and despite our requests we did not stop and get to see anything along the way.
After a hot sweaty night last night, we left Parrita at 8 and headed to Panama.
We left Nicaragua after over 2 and a half hours in getting through that border. Costa Rica took about the same amount of time.
Apparently Norm thought this was a quick crossing, because he guided us to the coastal road of Costa Rica. We thought we were going to stop at Punta Arenas (all 4 of us heard that) be we continued on to Parrita. We saw a wreck, one car off the right side of the road, and another with a motor scooter underneath it. This probably occurred at twilight and on a damp road, because it was late and it had rained a little. It was dark upon arrival and we camped at a school that Norm has stayed at before. We were supposed to be able to get inside the locked compound, but that wasn't the case. It ended up we camped next to the school and a park. Ben didn't think it very safe and there was quite a confrontation about this. Norm ended up moving his truck to sort of protect us, plus a local guy told us that there is a neighborhood night watchman that starts at 10 pm.
From what we saw of Costa Rica, it appears to be the green-est country of Central America. They take pride in not having trash along the road side. The coastal road was finished about 7 years ago. It was in pretty good shape, compared to CA-1/-2 which was like driving on a washboard and extremely narrow. Unfortunately, Norm thinks Costa Rica has too much commercial tourism, and despite our requests we did not stop and get to see anything along the way.
After a hot sweaty night last night, we left Parrita at 8 and headed to Panama.
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