So we took off to the Arenal Volcano on Thursday morning around 10 am. We drove on the Pan-American Highway - which I know sounds like it would be a nice interstate with a median and stuff - NOPE. It is a well paved two lane highway with no lines and still many pedestrians along the sides - adults and children or adults riding a bike with a child either in the basket on the front or sitting side saddle on the "sissy bar" - and sometimes there were even two adults on a bike. We also saw caballeros riding their horses or other farmers with their ox cart - the old fashioned looking yoke and everything --- so many cool sites but scary, too. At one point there were two young boys - oh maybe 7 and 8 years old - playing on the side of the highway... I think when any Tico (a person who lives in CR) sees Ella's car seat, they must think I'm silly. But with the way these people drive - very aggressive and passing like it's nothing! - I'm glad she's got it!
Anyway, we stopped to stretch in a town called Tilaran and the girls were thrilled to find a park to play in - but we couldn't stay as long as we may have liked because their gringa momma parked in a "Parqueo de Taxi" line -- we saw the sign but couldn't imagine that there would be that many taxis at this place so we parked anyway - sure enough in about 15 minutes, there were about 10 red taxis parked with one little silver Peugot parked right in the middle of them all!!!
