On September 3rd, our last day in Costa Rica, we were awaken at some god-awful hour in the dark by church bells. I wished they would show some consideration to those us us who really had no reason to awaken at 4:30.
It was our day of souvenir shopping, but the first thing we needed to do was to go to a bank to get a last supply of colones. We cashed in $150 US worth of Traveler’s Cheques and received 20,000 colones. The souvenirs we purchased for friends and relatives included a, a wooden salad bowl set, toucan earrings, and cutting boards, most of which we bought at the government-run art store. I saw and was attracted to an elegantly thin, finely-turned wooden bowl, which we bought. (photo above). It was made from beautifully grained exotic wood, and very unusual because it was flawed. It had an irregular hole near its bottom where a small wood knot had fallen out.
We had lunch at a Vishnu vegetarian restaurant. We ate a complete meal which included drinks, and rice pudding for dessert, for only $2.50 CAD each. It was all very tasty, and I wished we had discovered the place earlier in our trip.
For supper, we ate at a pizza place just down the block from our hotel. Two regular-sized pizzas, plus two large drinks, just cost us $9.50 CAD. They were delicious. Mine had jalapeños and cheese.
Once back in our hotel room, we started repacking and reorganizing our bags (which then had to include the bulky souvenirs we had bought). My wife got in a panic upon discovering that she couldn’t find her allergy shot kit, yet another thing to add to our list of things we had lost in Costa Rica. That list included my jacket, her fanny pack (with car keys), and an umbrella.
Our trip to Costa Rica had been really interesting. We were quite happy with all of the exotic jungle plants and animals we had seen and the things we had experience, but we were ready, and looked forward to, getting back home to the Robson Valley.
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