Only in Central America

Remember my last post about being flexible?

Well today my ability to be flexible was really, really tested.

Here is how the day went

We got up super early and walked to the bus terminal for our eight hour bus ride from Managua, Nicaragua to San Jose, Costa Rica

(Side Note: In our hotel room last night there was a spare door frame holding up one corner of the ceiling - No Joke)

After a couple of hours we finally arrived at the border. According to immigration Jill had overstayed her visa and would need to pay a fine for the extra days, plus a "gift" in order to make sure she wouldn't have problems getting back into the country.

(Side Note 2: Seriously, if anyone can figure out the visa stuff around here, please fill me in!)

After dealing with all the immigration hassles we got back and the bus and went on our way. For an hour.

And then what happened? Our bus broke down. Yup, dead as a door nail on the side of the road

So we did what all flexible travelers would do. Get real comfortable on the side of the road

Jill doing some reading

After about an hour or so a semi pulled up. We figured the driver was just there to see if he could help fix the engine.

But no, this was our tow truck.

We even got a police escort

Fortunately, they only towed us across the street to the next gas station but we did all get to ride in the bus as the semi pulled the bus.

Talk about a once in a lifetime story

After 13 hours of travel we finally arrived and got settled into our hostel.

Tomorrow we have another long bus ride to David, Panama.

Hopefully this one goes a bit smoother!