Taking nuns to the mall

Costa Rica has been rough for me. It's a beautiful country, but I've just felt in turmoil. I've been sick since I got here and our plans have been totally up in the air. Basically, we've spent all of our time in the capital. I'm feeling better though...just in time to go to Panama.

 

We leave for Panama tomorrow at noon, but I hope that this isn't my last time in Costa Rica. Even if it's just for vacation, I'd love to come back.

 

My impression of Costa Rica is that while there are definitely needs here, there is a stark contrast between here and the rest of Central America. Costa Rica is much more developed. Much more urban. In general, they're fairly well off.

 

That doesn't mean that we didn't go out looking for good deeds though.  We had a blast with today's deed, but before we get to that, there is one thing that I wanted to mention. Not every good deed makes it onto the blog. Sometimes the person who gave the money didn't want us to put it up and other times we just felt like it we should keep the good deed between the person who gave the money and the person who received the gift.

 

Today I literally opened our guidebook, looked at the map, said a prayer, pointed my finger and off to AlaJuela we went. We jumped on the bus and as we got closer to the town Elias woke up and told me that he didn't see the ocean. I guess somewhere in our conversations he missed the memo that we weren't going to the beach.

 

We wandered around the town a bit and eventually found a pizza place where we got some calzones and spaghetti. We asked the owner of the restaurant if he knew there was an orphanage or something and he pointed us into the right direction.

 

You'll have to read the good deeds blog but let's just say the day ended with us taking nuns to the mall.

 

So, with my stomach pains and broccoli allergy I haven't shared many insights of my travels.  First of all Costa Ricans are TERRIBLE with giving directions. In fact, I've figured out that their only goal is to tell you to go at least 3 blocks away so they don't have to admit they have clue of both where they are at or where you're trying to go.

 

I thought I'd have more insight for Costa Rica, but that's pretty much about it.