Tie the door shut with a rope..and don't let anyone off the bus

As you might notice, all three of us are in the midst of posting right now. The internet in Montezuma is limited and therefore we are all limited to using the Internet cafe. Hopefullly we won't overload your brains.

Yesterday morning started out much earlier than we had anticipated. About two hours earlier. After Leo got robbed on Saturday night he was hot and bothered to get the hell out of Manuel Antonio. So instead of leaving about 9 am for the 10:30 bus out of Quepos we ended up leaving and riding with him all the way to Jaco at about 7:30. Unfortunetly we missed the connecting bus headed for Puntarenas which we inteded to catch, and therefore had to wait three hours on the street for the next bus. Bummer, and just the start to a long days journey. During our layover in the street we camped out at the bus stop where Prez and Chris were told that they were not allowed to sleep on the park benches. WTF? Apparently PDA is ok but not sleeping. Chris and I found a glory hole in the public restroom- dirttty. I read my book while the other two played a game of cribbage and then we decided to get lunch; Pizza Hut personal pan pizzas. So good. Noon arrived and the bus didn't. We began to worry but just about as we were going to take up a cab drivers offer to porter us up the coast for 60 bucks the bus pulled in. For about 2 dollars each- this was quite the bargin. The bus ride to Puntarenas lasted about an hour and a half where we had to take a cab ride for 4k to the port. Here we bought tickets for the ferry across to the Nicoya Pennensula and a small town called Paquera. As we were about to board the boat (packed with people, cars and even semis) we were told we were trying to get on the wrong boat. Oops. Luckily the other boat (the one we were supposed to get on) was just pulling into port as well. We had to wait a little extra time for it to unload because an old lady was taken off the boat on a stretcher to a nearby waiting ambulance. According to Chris (from his previous experience working in Puntarenas) nobody wants to go to the hospital here. The boat ride was actually quite pleasant. (We were literally on a boat) It was airconditioned and they even had America's Next Top Model playing on a t.v. in Spanish. Apparently Tyra Banks speaks Spanish now? Exiting the boat proved to be the biggest challenge of the day because nearly everyone on the boat wanted to pack into the one bus that was waiting in Paquera. Somehow we managed to all cram in (see pictures). Our bus driver made us tie the back door shut so that it wouldn't fall out. If we would have been in an accident I think we all might have died. The next hour and a half of driving on dirt road was less than pleasant but we all rocked out to various songs. Prez to Maino and Chris/myself to Gaga. If you haven't heard her song Alejandro yet, I strongly recommend it. We stopped in a small town and everyone was instructed to get off. Except they wouldn't actually let us off. Instead we stayed on and had to pay for our ride and then kept going. Hopefully to Montezuma. Turns out we were on the right bus and eventually we made it to our final destination- a place to stay still a work in progress. The second hostel we tried had a private room right on the beach and we snatched it immediately; anything woudl be better than the 18 person hell hole we left the day before. Dinner consisted of pizza and Prez constantly walking next door to check on the score of the Packers/Cardinals game. Suck it Jiggy. We opted to not drink- well the other two had two beers and I had Tang. Nonetheless a man in the story asked us if we needed "some good stuff for our brain". We delightfully declined once more. What is with all the drugs down here!? Our first break from partying in days. We talked on the beach for a bit and then retired to our porch to play cards. In a great game I won by only 4 points. Retribution for my loss in the casino the other night. All and all the 10 hours of travel had taken its toll and we decided to hit the hay. Our next door neighbors were setting up bug nets- but that didn't phase us. A full day of fun awaited us.