When you travel, you have to expect the UNEXPECTED! Your flights WILL be delayed; you WILL arrive late, but thankfully, this time you will NOT miss any connections. You WILL get up at 3:30 am to catch a 5:30 am flight. The luggage carousel WILL break down and it will take over an hour to deliver your luggage. The taxi van WILL have a flat tire shortly after leaving the airport, breaking down right in front of Walmart. Yessir! Walmart is in CR!!! Your replacement taxi will not be able to get up the 45 degree driveway of your hotel, because ANOTHER taxi is stuck there having backed out DOWN the driveway. Your driver will jump out, other men will come running, and they will rock that taxi to get it unstuck. All the while you are sitting there watching this unfold, your brother in the front seat declaring that the taxi is going to roll down and HIT your vehicle. It doesn't. It is now midnight; you have been up for twenty-one hours and you don't really care if it does!! Midnight, and you are at destination. Sweet!
A half decent night's sleep, a breakfast of fresh fruit and toast, and you are on your way again, to your final destination for the next month. Your Panamanian/Costa Rican private shuttle driver, a charming, black 51 year old, is informative and fun. You know he is totally at ease with the four of you, when he engages in political commentary and drops the "F" bomb more than once! He also happens to be the former mayor of the little town where you are staying, so he knows EVERYONE and EVERYTHING! SWEET!
You WILL arrive at your final destination, and it IS sweet!!
PS: You WILL notice those toilets in airports that flush automatically and do so BEFORE you even stand up! There is so much suction that your bare backside gets sprayed! Plus the swooshing noise causes you to practically jump out of your skin!
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