Arrived!

Well we arrived safe and sound. Missy´s flight was delayed 2 hrs so I waited in Customs for her with two other people who had been there longer than me and were also waiting on their friends. One was a retired federal policeman and the other was med student doing residency in Philly. Good convos...
I finally got EXCITED when we exited the airport and tried to speak in broken Spanish to people to ask where the bus station was. Upon Lee Gross´ recommendation, we bused just outside of San Jose (called Alajuela) and stayed at the Hostel Mango Verde in a room for 4 (but only 2 of us) for $12 per person - not bad. Traveling by bus is CRAZY cheap. We had dinner last night which consisted of yucca root and a bit of shredded carne (meat) and a water, $2 per person.
My pack is already proving to be cumbersome (I have a hikers backpack) so I´m considering downsizing. Missy has a normal sized school backpack but is also missing a few items...but the smaller is definitely nicer...especially for crowded bus travel. We met this man named Sy last night at the hostel and picked his brain for all the places we needed to go to. He has been here since NOVEMBER and has traveled to 144 countries! He´s 78 yrs old! And he looks about 60...COOL guy.
So due to his influences and Missy´s and I´s friends and fam´s influence, here´s our current very tenative itinerary: in Panama go to Panama City (canal), San Blas (islands with beaches and cool indeginous tribe), Boquette (cool mountain town), and Bocas del Toros (N. beach, beautiful); in Costa Rica go to Quepos, Manuel Antonio (beautiful forest park area).
So this morning Missy awoke at 5:45 am and started chatting it up (Izaz you know what I´m talking about...) and we got reprimanded by the sleeping Sy (thin walls). I slept like a ROCK due to lack of sleep the night before and was definitely charged up for the day. So we went back to sleep and got up at 8am. The days are interesting here because it gets light about 5:30 and dark around 8pm.
So this morning we showered up and headed to this internet cafe to look into taking some Spanish courses at some different locations. Also looking into homestays with some families for a couple nights. All very reasonable prices. There´s also this volunteer organic farm just outside of San Jose that we´re looking at spending a couple nights at helping out at...we´ll see. Very tenative. So, we´re about to head out and get some more cemented plans and I´ll update you more then! Lovin´it and wish you all were here to experience with me. I probably won´t be uploading photos, but we´ll see.... :P

LOVE YOU GUYS!
Jenny (and Missy)