We're in Costa Rica ! Yeah! Country number 12!
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So Good Morning !! We are about to embark on our next adventure! to Central America!
We had a lift in with my brother-in-law, who works near Gatwick, it is very early!!
it's very early! So we've loaded up with our backpacks
and already feeling the strain quite frankly, but yes they were off to
check-in and we are super excited! Even though ridiculous o'clock in the morning!
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We are very lucky, we managed to get BA fights with our a Avios points, that we've been collecting and on our credit card
and so we've got return flights to Costa Rica, and then we'll be milling
around for five months! But the lovely ladies here have
just said, that we can check in an hour early, because you're supposed to do it
three hours before but we're a little bit early and they've
said you that's fine come on down, so yeah, we can drop the bags off.
I feel like a carthorse, you don't look like one.
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So how excited are we! We are at Gatwick Airport, a few hours before we get on a
flight to San Jose, Costa Rica. We're going to be spending five months
backpacking, and showing you guys the best of Central America. we can't wait.
We are so so excited, and so we're just having a coffee and relaxing before the
flight, which is in about three hours time.
We're off, gate number 35, always recommended to get to the plane early, we've still got about an hour to go and
Yeah, we've got about an 11 hour flight.
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So we couldn't actually get seats next to each other, because you had to pay
quite a lot of money, and the flight is full but we managed to get to aisle
seats I believe, almost opposite each other! so we'll be able to wave.
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So we got rucksack covers, just to avoid getting our rucksack straps ripped off.
So we put the rucksack covers on, we also used a little
padlock, but also I've got some ribbon from my sister Sue.
and it's got like, peacock feathers on it, so as the bags are coming around, there are so many black bags, so ours stood out! Thank you Sue !!
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So we have arrived in Costa Rica, San Jose Airport, and we are waiting for a
friend Vicky, who is actually a friend of Fez, one of our friends from the UK, who
we are meeting here in San Jose later this week. So she's working at the moment,
so she should be here probably in the next 20 minutes or so. Very nice of her
to offer a lift to our hostel, and yes believe it or not we are in a hostel
tonight, for four nights, in a mixed dorm! and Marianne's on the top bunk.
I booked a mixed dorm hostel experience !!
Much to the horror of my kids and my friends, they're like 'What are you doing!'
I've never ever done an hostel mixed dorm! before, so it is something new.
Marianne has just met up with Vicky, so she's just coming over now!
So we have arrived in Costa Rica, and Vicky and her mum have come to pick us up !! and rescue us from the chaos that
is the airport, as always! So we're going to go in the car and the adventure begins!
Welcome to Costa Rica!
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And they very kindly took us to our hostel that we're staying at, yes and actually
we're in the garden at the moment, so you might be able to hear the birds? And
other people chatting around us, really nice atmosphere it's called TripOn Open
House hostel, really lovely, we're in bunk beds! And we are in a mixed dorm, we will
give you the guided tour of the hostel in the centre of the city, not far from
the San Jose University, yes the University of Costa Rica, and it's our first ever
hostel experience, it is! We've got four days, booked here or 4 nights booked here, so let's
go have a look around, the TripOn Open House Hostel, YAY ! The hostel that we're
staying at, is 14 pounds per night that we did through bookings.com, that's for
a mixed dorm bunkbeds, yeah, I'm at the top, Chris is at the bottom. Hello this is my lovely
bunk bed, and I have a little Locker up here with um I can lock things in like
my telephone and little small things, and then I also have a light, so if I want to
read, I'll turn that off now because I think I've just blinded you Chris, behind the
camera, Okay and then I've got these lovely curtains in fact everybody's got
these curtains, but it's really bouncy and really comfortable and it
feels very solid I don't feel in any danger!
They've even got like a little bar there to stop you rolling.
They very kindly sort of moved a couple of groups around, so that we'd be in the same room, and be
able to have an upstairs and down, because they were full, when we
arrived, in fact we met some lovely guys from Mexico and we hope to come and see you soon !!
Yeah we've got an invite, we're on our way, yeah absolutely lovely and there's
lots of different communal areas, like the garden out here, and there's an area
with a TV and some music, there's another area by the reception desk where people
hang out and play music. There's a guitar propped up, people just jump on the
guitar, and then also they've got a pool table, is it a snooker or a pool table? It is pool!
Everybody's playing that in the evening, that seems like a really nice area, and
then in the morning, the staff actually put a cover over it, and put all the
breakfast stuff laid out, and the breakfast...
Yeah! The breakfast is very cool, it's got everything that you need for a
breakfast, considering you're only paying £14 a night, Yeah it's got toast, fruit juice,
cereals, fresh fruit cut-up, and endless supply of tea and coffee, which
is always great in the morning, if you know us, and our coffee addiction!
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And that is £14 for both of us, and there's a clean sheet, the beds were very
comfortable, and you have a big Locker next to your bunk with your bunk number
on it, and then you can put all your stuff in it, and then it's got a little
lock on it, that you put your own padlock on, or if you don't have one,
they'll rent you a padlock or sell you a padlock. Yeah, so it's always good to
bring a padlock with you we've chosen one with with a numeric
combination, so that you can't lose the key. Yeah, so that's always a good
idea, things like you come to a hostel, bring your own towel, they do
provide them, but it will be an additional charge, The other thing about this fabulous hostel - they've got a kitchen
that you can use, they have a cooker, a microwave, they've even got like a guest fridge with clear
instructions about labelling your food, they empty it, if it's not labeled, or if it's
not stored correctly, which is great. They've got a wonderful set up of mugs
and cups and knives and chopping boards. And everything it's really super clean,
the ladies are constantly cleaning around the area, so it's a lovely lovely
setup. So if you like hostels, as much as we're starting to feel about hostels,
this is a very cool one.
So we're here for four nights, and we're not really sure what the plan is after those four nights,
at the moment so until the next time from Costa Rica! Pura Vida ! yeah you have to
say that, Pura Vida, is the word for everything, everything ! Hello,
Goodbye, Thank you! Everything's great! Wonderful! loving it! Pura Vida!
Yeah ! Pura Vida !
So we arrived at Gatwick Airport, found our accommodation - CUT ! My tongue is swollen I think !!
CUT ! She is taking pictures of my food! when I'm trying to do a video.