i think costa rica will end up winning the award for crappiest roads overall. which is funny, becauase costa rica is the richest of all the central american countries. this is a photo of a bridge on a major highway. trafic can only go one direction at a time, so all the cars who are going the other way just have to wait for a while. this is a picture of where we-re staying tonight. very glamorous. today we met a japanese cyclist who has been biking for over a year and almost always camps. so in a way, this is high living.
costa rica is total "gringolandia". in a way it's nice because no one is yelling "gringo" at us anymore, but prices are also higher. a huge percentage of the country is protected as a biological reserve, which is pretty cool. erik's map says that costa rica is home to more bird species that all of north america combined. we haven't seen that many birds, but yesterday we saw a whole monkey family swinging through the trees. it was so awesome. i think i'm really into monkies. there was a dad, and a mom, and two babies, and sometimes the babies would ride on the mom's back. i tried taking pictures, but none of them came out that well. love,
-jessie