Back in San Jose

Just arrived back here after 6 days on the Caribbean coast at Puerto Viejo and Punta Uva. Stayed at three different places which became more "rustic" and remote - with plumbing which was challenging.
The night out in Puerto Viejo with the rest of the team was great fun - we ended up at one of the local hotspots where it was Ladies Night - free drinks for the girls and guys not allowed in until midnight. Great fun and a bit of dancing to the early hours - unfortunately a bit too much for one of our girls who ended up having to explain to the local constabulary why she was hanging over a fence on the way home. We left them all the following morning - after Linda had given them her suggestions for hangover remedies - and headed down the coast and found a couple of quieter places where we managed a bit of swimming and kayaking over the coral reefs. Had planned to go back for some snorkelling but the weather changed on Saturday and we didnt fancy fighting through the Sunday morning surf.
Managed some great meals however - particularly in a place at Punta Uva called El Refugio - run by an Argentine couple - which was open to the forest on three sides. definitely our best meal in CR so far - think it will be hard to find anything better.
Found a private bus service for the journey back here - Interbus - which was a bit more expensive than the public bus but took us door to door and was airconditioned as well - think we may be using them a lot over the next few weeks.
Planning our travels for the next 4 weeks in CR and heading up to La Fortuna on Wednesday to see the Arenal Volcano and then on to the cloud forest at Monteverde and Santa Elena.
Have decided that 4 weeks here will be enough and have booked our final two weeks in Mexico - flying up to Cancun for a few days with Linda's BMW driving, CC & coke drinking, Canadian banker cousin and then on to see the rest of the Yucatan.