Day 1 San Jose to Poas Volcano

Day 1 of Costa Rica

WE MADE IT!  This was our first view of Costa Rica from the window of our plane!  Just a short clip for you to get an idea of the green lush forests and tall mountains.  There was a good bit of turbulence as we passed through many clouds to land.  We are spending our first day and night in the capital of Costa Rica, San Jose.  

Here is a pic of Mrs. Langford standing in the rain on a busy street in San Jose.  The streets do not have lanes and drivers love to use their horns.  Pedestrians have to be careful because they don't have the 'right of way' like we do in Alabama.  All the small red cars are taxis.   We did pass a hospital and it does not look like our hospitals so we are really hoping we don't get sick here! We walked for about two miles looking for the National Theater but never found it. It's hard to ask for directions when no one speaks English!  We are the foreigners and it feels really strange!  The best four dollars we spent was on a taxi ride back to our hotel!! :-)  

This 'Gi-norous' plant in in the courtyard of our hotel.  It is huge!! 

Tomorrow morning we will travel for about three hours to hike the Poas Volcano!  We are exploding with excitement!  (get it??)