We are relaxing in our hostel in Liberia after a great 1st day. We flew from Raleigh to Atlanta to Liberia. I have learned to say Lee-bare-ia. First of all, it's the correct pronunciation, but mostly it just scares people when you say you're going to Liberia (as in Africa.)
Our hostel is really cute and is run by an American named Shawn and a Tica (Costa Rican) named Jesus. Shawn picked us up at the airport in his pick up truck. He was all upset because he didn't have his documentation for his vehicle, and the "transito" were pulling everyone over. At the end of each year, you have to renew your license plate, registration, etc. So the cops were out in force today checking everyone's documentation.
Shawn had made it into the airport and past the transito because it had begun to rain, and none of those boys wanted to stand in the rain checking documents, so they just all sat in their cars & let everyone pass. But now it had stopped raining, and Shawn was nervous about the steep fine ($700!) if he got caught. So he called Jesus back at the hostel & asked him to bring the documents on the 1st bus he could catch. Meanwhile he took Jonathan and me into an ice cream shop and bought us icecream as we waited. Soon enough it was Jesus to the rescue and the 4 of us drove the 15 mins back to the hostel without getting pulled over!
We hadn't eaten anything all day, so we feasted at a local joint that serves Peruvian and Costa Rican specialties. We shared a mixed ceviche to start, had 2 of the local beers, and then each got delicious beef dinners with rice, black beans, plantains and fresh juice. We couldn't understand what the juice was, but it was light green and so good.
Tomorrow we head by bus for La Fortuna and the volcano - Arenal. I haven't figured out how to upload pictures from my phone, but I'll work on it tomorrow.
Buenos suenos!
Livin' la Vida Pura!
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