Day 1 - December 16 - San Jose


After breakfast, we transferred by taxi to the Hotel Bougainvillea. This is the hotel where the whole group is to spend the first night.

Here is a view from the Courtyard:



The hotel has a couple of acres of tropical gardens. We wandered around and took some pictures

In the afternoon, Marina, Don, and David went into downtown San Jose.  We wandered around  downtown, but did not buy anything. We then started to head towards the Jade Museum, and allowed ourselves to get hustled by a local, that escorted us to the museum and gave us a tour of the museum (we paid his local's admission) with a running monologue.

We left the center of the city and returned to the hotel where we played a game of hearts. Then we headed down to the bar where I had my first Imperial, beer brewed in Costa Rica. We played cards until it was time for the group meeting. Not all of the group was there at that point, just our family, Nancy, Patrick and Greg. Jimmy (our guide) told us what would be happening day by day. Most important, we had to be ready to go at 6:45am the next morning. We were to have breakfast on the road.

Pictures from the gardens of the Bourgainvillea:

 

 




Marina and David taking pictures.










And then a couple of pictures from the Jade Museum:





Yes, the wood carvings in the back are what they look like. Fertility symbols were important before the Spaniards came.





    
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