Puntarenas - Costa Rica 09/05
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09/28/05 - Wednesday - San Jose to San Vito Our group of three started early to get a jump on weekday traffic; San Jose is a bear during rush hour(s). We made good time climbing south out of Cartago and on to Cerro de la Muerte -- "The Mountain of Death". That sounds pretty ominous, but it's just another beautiful lush mountain road that makes up the Inter-American Highway (a section of the Pan-American Highway). There is a stretch of road near the peak where you can see both the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. It turns out in fact, the only danger I faced on that road was dodging loose toll change coming out of Gordo's vest. Apparently I was in the way of some new fast-track toll paying device that only he knew about. Let me tell you, 100 Colon coins bounce pretty well given enough speed! After the turn in Paso Real (to get to San Vito) our nice
road really went to pieces. Costa Rica has some beautiful stretches of well
maintained roads, but more often than not they are a ribbon of weather
beaten asphalt supporting ravenous pot-holes. The weather held unexpectedly
well for the day as we arrived in San Vito before the afternoon rains. I
thought of Lisa as we crossed over Rio Java,
just before entering San Vito. She would've wanted to stop to see if
it tasted like coffee. |
 I almost never get this for breakfast at home (near Ojo de Agua) |
 Somewhere along the Inter-American Highway |
 Viewing the Pacific Ocean near Cerro de la Muerte |
 Cross the road and see the Caribbean Sea! |
 I love these grated bridges you can look down through (Rio Grande de Térraba) |
 I like to ride these bridges standing up and glance down during the cross over |
 San Vito and her surrounds |
 Perhaps we should have lawyers like this in the States! |
Next: San Vito to Domincal (Panama, Neily)
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