San Jose- Escazu

Landing in San Jose around 3:00, we caught a bus to go pick up our rental car. GPS loaded we headed out into 5:00 PM San Jose traffic to Escazu to Lisa's house. After a white knuckled drive, where motorcycles shimmy through the cars, shoulders are non-existent, street signs are far and few between, and everyone has the right of way, we almost made it to Lisa's.

Almost because we had to ask directions from a very nice "Tico" (Costa Rican) as we were looking for a pink gate that had just been repainted orange. After 30 minutes we finally figured it out and arrived at Lisa's lush tropical apartments, hidden behind pink flowers- and an orange gate.

That evening we headed out to her friends apartment that over looked sparkling San Jose. After meeting many of the teachers at Lisa's international school, where she teaches high school history, we caught a bite to eat at Laly- a local hot spot for cervezas and a good cheap meal.