After immigration and customs, our guide, Ollie, found me from amongst the crowd of greeters with signs. He introduced me to Lise and Giselle, from Sudbury, who had spent their extra night in a different Houston Hotel. With only four travellers, we will be riding in a comfortable van that can easily carry our luggage. During the drive into town, Ollie startled us with the information that San Jose has 2 million people, a third of the country’s population! The city is spread over 72 kilometres in the Central Valley, which is actually a tectonic depression caused by sequences of earthquakes. Most buildings are one or two storeys because of earthquake risks. Small businesses and shops are neighbours with medium industrial compounds. The economy’s agricultural base is gradually changing to services, particul
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