Viva Panama!

Taxis taken today: 6
Sunburn: Peeling
Ipod: Ben Harper
Dinner: Curry Chicken in coconut milk at the best Asian restaurant in Costa Rica

Well, there has been a slight change of itinerary. One of the guys that was training with me didn't make it through, so the office had to shuffle around the schedule a little bit. NOW I'm shadow training a trip that runs from Costa Rica to Panama that ends on the 30th. I'm flying back that day to San Jose to run that exact same trip by myself. I am then supposed to do that Antigua-San Jose trip, but we'll see.

Normally this sort of this is perfect fodder to complain about your job. But you know what? I really don't have shit-else to do in Central America so I might as well just go along with it. Pura Vida!

I did have to go on a wild goose-chase to get my Yellow Fever vaccine. Apparently there is only one clinic in San Jose that has it, and then you have to go to the Ministry of Health to get the card that says you got the shot. You have to get the shot 10 days before crossing the border, but with a friendly smile and a little sweet-talking in broken spanish, it is not too hard to get the doctor to back-date the card.

I've come to find out that living anywhere is just like playing a game. You just have to learn the rules. That was an example of one of those rules that works out great. Some are very annoying, for example, you cannot buy contact solution in a store. You have to actually go to a pharmacy and order it, and pay triple the price. Life here is not hard, you just have to play the game... Everybody play the gaaaaaaaame! (Sorry, I was listening to Queen earlier)

4 hour bus ride to Puerto Viejo tomorrow. Warm sunny beaches and hot senioritas... and one skinny gringo.