Detour

We woke up to rain again and were glad to hit the boat and up to Costa Rica. So as always, we seem to find adventure. We missed the one bus that would take us all the way to San Jose. When we got to the border crossing from Panama side, we were told to just walk across the rickety bridge to Costa Rica. It's a little sketch with big trucks leaving crossing with all the people...pressing up against some wire, hope, the trucks don't run over the feet and on we go. The line up to Immigration was long and it was seriously hot and humid from all the rain. Once up to immigration (after copius amounts of people budding), the immigration officer sent us back to Panama as they didn't stamp properly. I have to say I was seriously frustrated...good thing Andrew has the patience of Job.
After another couple of hours we got the proper stamping and headed back over to Costa Rica where we caught up the bus heading to San Jose. Andrew negociated our tix and the waiting continued. We finally found out that a truck had run over a lady and one of the ladies on the bus didn't have a passport. So the combined problems meant nobody was going anywhere. Andrew met some frustrated Americans and we all decided to high tail it to the nearest town and catch another bus from there to San Jose. So here we are in a little ocean front cafe listening to the waves, eating fruit and chocolate and desperately trying to find places to stay for Xmas and New Years. I think we're going to need some serious luck.
Our bus jets outta here at 4pm all going well which puts us late into the city with no accommodations lined up (all the places we contacted are full up)...ahhh...the stresses of travelling! Luckily Andrew isn't bothered by any of this and met some guys last night at dinner that own a hostel in San Jose and said we could crash there if all else fails. It sounds like quite the party place and since we are wanting to catch the 6am bus, we're hoping to find something closer to the station.
So it is me who has to learn patience and trust that all will work out as it usually does...
Hope this finds you all well!
Cheers
AnK