Wahoo... so after a couple of nights in Tamarindo and experiencing the wierdness of stepping from Latin America into a scene that looked much like V-town... I have landed in San Jose... loving it.

Had an "interesting" passport interaction involving about 7 police officers who couldnt seem to locate my costa rican stamp in my passport... they almost took me off the bus I was on. The guy kept looking at me saying "this is NOT good", leafing through my passport... the stamp was on the first page... i kept asking if I could show him... and he kept saying "this is NOT good" then passed it off to several other police officers who did the same. After several minutes, they finally found it... and I was allowed back on the bus.

I have BIG news... will be coming home sooner rather than later. Will explain more soon... and this is good news!