June 12: San Jose (Cahuita)

(1) The next morning, we took one last walk around town and met this guy. I know this looks like the classic ugly American photo, but he said we should take this picture so we could tell our friends in America that "black man no kill white man in Costa Rica." I had to spot him a buck or two for his words of wisdom.

(2) We swam in the waters off the black sand beach, and then walked over to Miss Edith's for this "after" photo. We waited for our shuttle to arrive to drive us back to San Jose for the night, and enjoyed ourselves just relaxing by the pool and having a few more island drinks. The ride into the capitol took forever as the main road was washed away by the storm. Once we got in, we checked into the Hotel Costa Rica Morazan - right by the Blue Marlin Bar. We had some dinner, checked out the scene, and called it a night. This was where we would leave Fred.