The amazing rat race meets real world...

I think you can handle the end of our week vacation...but it´s kinda sad writing about the end because I wish it didn´t end...even if there was drama. And drama..oh wow..we had plenty of that to last the entire 10 weeks. Let me see, where was I...oh yes we fell asleep but Cameron aka Archie had just heard everything we said.

In the morning we wake up, decide to go to Cafe Rico for breakfast because the people we made friends with the night before recommended it highly. We walk outside and there is Archie sitting real quiet. We ask him to go with us but he respectfully declined. On the way there we discuss the reason for him not coming and we decide that its because he feels responsible for what happened and feels horrible. We all order a monstracity of a breakfast...french fries, cheese, bacon, eggs, and avacodo was in a basket lined with a banana leaf. Wow, I couldn´t eat it all I felt sooo full. I got orange juice and coffee as well and the OJ was fresh but no sugar added so a lil tart and the coffee was frothy and good. Yum. Before we got our food a sufer hottie - Evan came over and started talking to us. He and his buddies that looked at us when we first got there were going down the coast a lil ways to surf but coming back for a raging party as he put it later that night. Of course we saw a fresh fish the day we were leaving....but we told him we were leaving and found out he was only visiting himself and lived in Playa Hermosa. Oh well...we ate and got full and went to the Lulu Berlu store one more time to get shirts because we wanted some t'shirts and Chili Rojo was out. We did that and went back to the hotel to find the boys packed up and leaving. Cameron stopped long enough to say he was leaving and yell at Tracee without leaving her room to interject. Then they were gone. I decided to run after them because they were leaving us in a strange town for 5 hours alone and I had no idea how we´d find them in San Jose....I don´t know why they didn´t just take our bus and not talk to us or sit by us but noooo they couldn´t. Anyways I run after them, they dont stop. I yell, nothing. I get pissed and turn around and walk away and then Cameron yells my name and runs after ME. Well he felt bad for leaving...really he did. But he was the one Kameron and Craig were following and he needed to be their leader...bullshit. He would leave us a note at the Holiday Inn and we would then know where to find them. And with that he hugged me and left. I went back and we all packed up, paid and went to wonder for 5 hours. There was a market at 2 something we wanted to go to but it ended up not being open prolly till 4. We went to a bar and got Te Frio' iced tea. Watched some of the world cup and waited. On the way to the bus stop my last pair of flip flops broke and I was left with only hiking boots. The bus came a lil late. I got car sick but didn´t puke thank God, same with Tracee....At the bus stop , I called dad to see if he found out anything about a room and he had made reservations at Holiday Inn. We get off the bus and it´s dark and San Jose is scary and dirty. Cab drivers come up to us to take us and we follow one....but he had an umarked car so we did not get in. We got a real cab and then he took us there. He was not a fan of President Bush and he kept pointing out men that were transvestites because he didn´t know if we knew they were not real women. We arrived at the Holiday Inn after what seemed like an eternity and we had to keep telling him yes we want to go there, yes we have reservations...he called us princesses because it´s expensive. We get there and we are so gross looking. I can´t even describe how bad we need showers and how much our clohtes need washed from a weeks worth of wear. The door man stared and I walked to the counter and checked in. We INDEED had a note from Archie waiting and were surprised to find out there were staying there too. We went to our room that we had to have a special key to get to in the elevator, dropped off our things and went to say hi. They had been there for a while and were friendly, we were worried the whole day how they would be when we saw them again. I was angry they left us but happy to see them. We left to go shower and Archie and Tracee went for a talk. I called my parents and Heather showerd then I showered and then I went to talk to Cameron and Tracee showered. Next we went to din din at a casino lounge but it was not good. We went back to the hotel and the boys drank while we watched movies. I was so tired and went to the room with Tracee...Heather had already gone up. I dont remember falling alseep but I slept wonderfully. Wow, real showers, real beds and cable tv! Heaven in Costa Rica.

Sunday we woke up, ate breakfast, and then I went back to bed. Oh lovely, you know how I love sleep. I woke up and actaully felt tired from sleeping toooo much. We walked around the plaza before we left and looked around a bit. We walked to the bus stop after we checked out and Heather almost got robbed. A man unzipped her backpack but she felt it and slapped his hand and he left. We were all strung out in a line and thats why it happened after that we stayed closer together. At the bus stop we all met up...Dan and Uri-his host mom and Anne. We knew now that vacay was for sure over.....the bus ride took what seemed like forever. But we made it back to Monteverde in one piece.