I'm here!

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I made it here in San Jose a few hours ago. What a culture shock! I feel REALLY out of place walking down the street, and buying things, etc. In fact, this keyboard is in "Spanish Mode," so it took me a while to find the right buttons for apostrophes and stuff. It was a mad house as I left the airport, with all these taxi drivers trying to get me to go with them. It was scary at first, but I found the right taxi, and I was off to San Jose. The great thing about Costa Rica is that the people are very patient and understanding, as they obviously know that my Spanish is very bad. I now know how non-English speakers feel when they come to visit. I first meet the peole on the tour at 7 tonight, as we are going to dinner together. Then it's another early evening, as breakfast is served at 6:15!

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Photos

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Goodbye Miami!

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We flew over Key West on the way down.

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We also flew over Cuba. The flight from Miami to San Jose was about 2 hrs 45 min.

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Here's Costa Rica from the air.

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I turned on the TV, and Backstreet Boy's "Backstreet's Back" was on Spanish VH1. Throughout the trip, I was lucky to find lots of English channels with Spanish subtitles.

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Here's a picture of the room of the first hotel, the Hotel Inca Real.

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This is the atrium of the hotel.

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Another picture of the atrium.

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The roof of the atrium. The sides by the room were open, so the atrium was actually open-air. You could hear the hustle and bustle of San Jose outside.