Living in Costa Rica

While on the TransNica bus traveling from Nicaragua to Costa Rica, I managed to get a photo of a volcano through the bus window. 

When we got to the border we had to get off the bus and give our passport to the bus driver who took them inside to get stamped. There are several vendors selling drinks and souvenirs to everyone waiting to get back on the bus.
 

After crossing the border we had to get off the bus again to have our bags inspected and to get our passports stamped on the Costa Rican side. We were very grateful that it wasn’t too hot since we had to stand around for a while before anyone came to look at our bags.  It’s interesting because when you look around you can’t see any workers and we got the feeling everyone was on a coffee break at the same time. La Pura Vida! 

We were hoping we wouldn’t have to go all the way into San Jose and then change buses to get to Atenas so Randie did his best to communicate with the bus driver and asked if there was someplace closer to Atenas where we could get dropped off. When the bus stopped for people to get some food, etc. the bus driver came up to Randie and introduced him to a woman who lived in Atenas and whose husband was going to pick her up on the side of the highway.  She offered to let us join her and we ended up getting a ride all the way to our friend Barbara’s place where we were greeted with a delicious dinner.