Jaco, Costa Rica

The border crossing into Costa Rica took a long time, but was fairly painless.  There was a long line of people, but it only took about an hour and a half to get through to get my passport stamped.  Then the paperwork for Vandrew involved a lot of walking/driving back an forth along the road, from one checkpoint to another, to get forms filled out and insurance and inspections done.  The whole process took about three hours, but I was prepared for it, so it wasn't that bad.

I drove immediately halfway down Costa Rica and stopped at the tourist town of Jaco.  Many tourists.  Many Americans.  I'm ashamed to say though, I did enjoy that almost everyone in the service industry spoke English.  I'm so ready to come home!

Jaco had a campsite half a block from the beach, in the middle of town, where I stayed for five days.  There were good restaurants with great sushi, salads, and burgers.  There was also a cinema, and I watched Star Wars: Rogue One for the second time, because it was the only film that was subtitled instead of dubbed.

There were also casinos in Jaco, and I played a fair bit of roulette.  After my five days, I figure I was down about $40US.  No bad for hours of entertainment.  Prostitution is not illegal in Costa Rica, and one of the casinos that I went to was apparently a hub for the sex tourism industry...lots of women playing the slot machines and winking and blowing kisses.  I stayed in the roulette room.