Transportation: It was pretty easy to get to P.J. We laid over in Palmar at this strange Chinese restaurant. We caught the bus to P.J. after eating left over curry (from the strange Chinese restaurant). The bus ride took about 3 hours and cost 2,000 colones (about $4.00)
Hostel: Zoli had
told me a friend from college, Brian, had helped start a hostel in P.J. so we
grabbed a taxi and just showed up. We were planning to stay 1 night and stayed
4 and then stayed 1 more because we missed the ferry (It was a Sunday.) They
call their hostel Celvante Jungle Hostel and it is set in a beautiful spot
above the forest canopy. We slept in cabinas with no walls and just a mosquito
net and woke up to toucans and monkeys. We helped them clean and get ready to
open. It was great to see old friends, meet new ones and understand how a hostel
works from the other side. We sat discussing the needs, wants, and annoyances
of the traveler and the hospitality over wine, and chocolate cake. I also spent
a lot of time talking about language and working out Spanish with Nues while
she worked on her English. One day we walked on the beach and saw over 20 scarlet macaws. A highlight of the trip for sure.
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