We had bought a two bus-one boat combo ticket in the capital to take us into the depths of Costa Rica’s Caribbean jungle: A the end of our first bus ride we arrived at the tour company office to discover that our second bus to the river had already left? So the manager squeezed us and our luggage into the back of a typical white van on top of a huge fridge freezer to make the bumpy journey through the banana plantations to the river. On route a car traveling in the opposite direction stopped to advise our driver of potential muggers hiding out on route. Luckily our driver had a gun which he got ready on his lap and the other local lady passenger in the front seat got out her pepper spray - fortunately
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