Costa Rica: The last day

Our last day in Costa Rica was all travel. I'm not gonna lie, we were a little worried to get to the airport on time. Well, all of us were worried except for Eric. We got up at 3:30am to leave the B&B by 4am. We packed up the car and started driving. We were driving to a ferry that would take us from the west side of the peninsula across the gulf to the main land. This ferry would approximately save us 4 hours of driving time.

The ferry was supposed to leave at 8am and we were told to be there two hours early to guarantee your spot on the boat. If the ferry left at 8, we would have 3 hours to get to the airport. It was an hour and a half boat ride, and an hour and a half drive to the airport once we hit land again. We were cutting it close. Every time we told someone our travel plans, they looked at us like we were crazy to try and pull this off. Costa Ricans are known for their laid back attitude and are never in a hurry.

We got to the ferry at a little before 6. The sun was just starting to rise. We parked our car in the line and went to ask about buying our tickets. We got our tickets $20 for the four of us and the car to get on the boat. Not bad. They started loading not too long after that. At about 6:05 the engines on the boat started up. We were thinking, no way they are starting the engines now for an 8:00 ferry....we are leaving now! And sure enough, they decided to run an early ferry. This was a HUGE blessing. I am not sure if we would have made it in time if we had not caught the 6:00.

Since we were leaving so early, the worry of making it to the airport on time washed away and we enjoyed the boat ride. The sun was rising and it was beautiful coming up over the water. Of course, I took a lot of pictures....





We made it to the airport in plenty of time. The flight home was a lot better than the first flight. The landing was good. We got back in to our car (which felt extremely clean and new after bring in our rental) and drove back to Athens. All in all, our day was 16 hours of travel. We had a great trip with our friends Michelle and Kelly. Check out their blog for more stories and pictures. I almost wish we had never left. Having no worries and no responsibilities was really nice!

Our 2nd trip to Costa Rica was just as great as our first...we will definitely be going back!!