Our first port of call was a sandwich shop where we embarked on the most difficult task since arriving in Latin America. Eat a 2 foot long sandwich full to the maximum with stake, cheese, a gallon of sauce, onions and a bucket load of jallapenos. The sandwich that could have doubled as a sleeping bag was too much for even the eating machine Panchenko and his side-kick Amar Amin. Next stop, Jaco, an apparantly sleezy beach town, just what the Doctor ordered. It wasn´t sleezy at all, the down side was that we stayed in the Costa Rican equivalent of Guantamao Bay Detention Centre, with Air-con which wwas wwhat sold it too us. A stroll to Monkey beach was a disappointment as we only saw a crab and a dog. Our Australian friend however ordered
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