Heading Back, for now.....

So tomorrow we get up and head for the airport - another trip done. Yesterday we spent the day doing paperwork things and not much of anything else.

Today we had planned an early start and had a big list of things to do. We only finished a few of them, due to waking up late, spending nearly two hours at the bank, and taking a long drive south to make some sales calls.

Take a look at this sand! You will note the complete lack of footprints? It looks exactly the same in the other direction too. This is only about 25km from Jaco, and is the most spectacularly deserted beach I have ever seen. Beautiful! It is also an indication of how the economic downturn in the US is seriously affecting Costa Rica. The business owners here are understandably nervous as they begin looking ahead to the upcoming high season. Many of them experienced a bad season last year, and a second one will put them out of business altogether. From a personal perspective, this is the Costa Rica I prefer, it is just a matter of whether we will be amongst the survivors as everything falls apart.

The jury is still out on whether this trip was worth it. I figure we won't really know for a few days until we start to see the results, or lack of them. I will be back here on the 23rd of October - this time with Rob and David, and we will be staying for neary three weeks. Poor David who has to take nearly three weeks off school in order to come. We have vacationy things to do when I return as well; surfing lessons, a crocodile tour, maybe a zip line canopy tour, and a weekend in Nicaragua are all in the works for next time - depending, of course on how the $$ situation is as always.

I am off now to the bank machine, and to finish some last minute paperwork. So buenas noches, and hasta luego.