day 27: bus to manuel antonio

friday started with us finding out that we didnt have the transportation coming that we had scheduled the day before. this meant steve and had to leave class at 10pm, run home and grab our bags, catch a bus to san jose and buy our tickets for the 12pm bus to manuel antonio. the 12pm was full so we ended up getting on the 1:15. ill admit i was a little wary of riding a public costa rican bus for 3.5 hours but it ended up being alright. other than the fact that the 3 year old next to me threw up 3 times and there was a 45'50 year old couple who insisted on taking pulls of cocique and making out for 20 or so minutes. we stopped once and ended up making incredible time, getting there a little before 5:00. we were feeling a little parched so we stopped by a local bar and hung out and talked to locals for an hour or so before catching a bus to our hotel, the infamous hotel california. insert disappointment #2: they had our reservation set for monday to wednesday even we though we talked to them twice to confirm everything. we then walked to down the road about 2km to another hotel that had a vacancy. it ended up being a nice place and about $20 cheaper per night so we couldnt complain. it had AC, hot showers, lots of english channels etc. we hopped in the pool and decided to head into town eat and then go to the local hangout mar y sombra. we ate at a local soda (small restauraunt) and practiced our spanish with some of the locals. this was when a local doctor invited us to his house for dinner the next night. mar y sombra is an outdoor bar, dancehall place on the beach that has been around 30 plus years and was recommended to us by lots of guides. it wasnt too much fun and we were tired from the bus ride so we headed home around 11pm.