Day 2

Today, our second and final day in San Jose, we woke up at the break of 9:30, ready to conquer the city.  We strolled down the street to the Centro Colon and printed off a form we forgot in the States, then bought a juice for breakfast.  We explored La Parque Sabana (a big park two blocks from us) and saw what seemed to be the deforestation of the park.  Scores of beautiful trees reminiscent of sycamores, but colored green, orange, and brown alla Dr. Seuss were being logged in the corner closest to us.  After a 5 minute walk into the park, we encountered more trees, but upright and undisturbed.  We then proceeded to look for the Natural Science Museum supposedly right next to the National Futbol Stadium, but to no avail.  We gave up the search, and went off for lunch, where we ate at a cute hole in the wall Mexican place.   To aid our digestion we walked to a nearby park where we saw two men getting fined by the police for what seemed to be taking a bath in the fountain.  2 hours and two chapters later wikipedia told us that the guide book's map was INCORRECT and in fact the museum was not in the park at all, but rather across the street from the stadium we walked around twice.  Lonely Planet needs a better cartographer.

The rest of the day was fairly uneventful.  We wandered back downtown, took in the last of the city, sipped a cafe con leche watching the world go by, and ate at a Mediterranean fast food joint for dinner.  Tomorrow, we head for San Isidro, then San Gerardo, and finally the Cloudbridge Reserve.