The journey started at 7am and throughout the day we took about 4 buses and a taxi and were on the road about 14 hours!
With it being between Christmas & New Year, the border crossing was soooo busy, crazy & intense. We had to wait in line for about 2 hours, it was boiling hot and we were carrying all of our stuff - fail!
But once we were successfully over the border - we headed for our next destination of Playa Tamarindo to meet up with Pam's friend Hoang, who had come to party with us for New Years!
Throughout my whole trip, I had heard mixed reviews about Costa Rica with lots of people advising me not to stop there at all - mainly due to the price of everything compared to the rest of Central America, but also the tourist takeover factor! Lots of people seemed to travel direct from Nica - Panama and skip it altogether, which is something I considered and very nearly went through with. But I then decided, I was keen to make up my own mind about the country even if I just spent a few days there...
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