San Jose

Public transport in Central America wouldn't be the same without some kind of hiccup. We have had our fair share so far including to and in San Jose. We've given a theme to this part of the journey.. 'bus accidents'.

While driving uphill to the capital city, our bus had a minor 'fender bender' with the oil truck in front. After the very slight knock the driver refused to move to a more convenient spot until police arrived, causing a traffic jam on a single lane road for 45 minutes. Finally after police had arrived, both vehicles were moved to a wider piece of road, accident reports completed and we were on our way - again at least an hour delay to the original timing.

After putting our things down at the hostel we took a walk to get a feel for the city and I actually got hit by a bus! I'm not kidding! Ok so it wasn't full on but I was walking on the edge of the walkway with my arms bent at 90 degrees, hands on my hips and suddenly a bus drives passed and hits me on my left elbow with its open doors. The bus continued driving while I was left there in shock rubbing my elbow, grateful that nothing was broken.

We knew the stop in San Jose would be a quick one before moving further along to La Fortuna the following day.