| We have just returned from a trip to the coffee farms | | | | with the DOKA Plantation. They had been waiting for |
| of colorful Costa Rica! As our airplane landed at the | | | | several hours for our plane. We thought "how |
| international airport outside of San Jose, it was dark | | | | considerate of them," and as we soon discovered, |
| already. Our flight was late out of Miami, but we were | | | | there would have been no way for us to find our own |
| still excited to finally get to Costa Rica. Then reality hit | | | | way there in the dark. As we started to drive up the |
| us! We needed to get to the Siempreverde (meaning | | | | mountain, we couldn't believe how dark it was, and the |
| 'always green') Bed and Breakfast on our own, ruling | | | | road seemed to go on forever. As we arrived at |
| out our initial plans of renting a car. As we negotiated | | | | Siempreverde, we met Jesus the groundskeeper, who |
| for a cab, many of them were not sure where to go. | | | | had a big smile on his face at 2:00 a.m. In Spanish, he |
| Finally, one cab driver came forward and said, "I know | | | | gave us a warm welcome, which we somehow |
| where to go." As we were walking toward his cab, | | | | understood, even with our very limited grasp of the |
| we spied a hand-made sign with our names on it! Two | | | | language. We then settled into a short night's sleep, as |
| wonderful people from the DOKA Plantation stayed | | | | we knew breakfast would be at 7:30 the next |
| up late and came to pick us up, to take us to our B. | | | | morning. |
| and B. The Siempreverde Bed & Breakfast is affiliated | | | | |