Sunday, August 30, 2009
Our first full day in Costa Rica
There is a beautiful park about 3 blocks up the road from the hotel so we decided to take a stroll up to it. It was an adventure just getting to the park as the road is a steep grade, there were several potholes, and the curbs are up to a foot high! Once we made it to the park it was beautiful. The park was full of families and there were lots of people of all ages playing futbol (soccer). It was neat to see how family oriented everybody seemed. There were people ziplining through the trees, riding horses and ponies through the park, and people fishing in the lake with no fishing poles. There were a few vendors around, but it is nothing like Mexico. They don't actively try to sell you stuff and we have been told that they don't negotiate the price. Sorry we forgot the camera in the room, but I'm sure we will be back and we'll post some pictures then. We later had dinner at a restaurant next to our hotel. It was funny to get the bill and see we were paying $16,350 for dinner, good thing the exchange rate is about 580 to $1. So it was really only about $27. We are excited and anxious for my first appointment with ICM at 8:00 tomorrow morning. It will consist of blood work and they will also go over my treatment plan with me. Bye for now.
We made it to Costa Rica!
Preparing to leave for a month is harder than we imagined! Our jouney began with a 10:00 am flight out of Phoenix. Saying goodbye to the boys was really tough, but we know that they'll be well taken care of.
We had a 2 hour flight to Dallas, a 2 hour layover, and then a 3 1/2 hour flight to Costa Rica. Everything went very smoothly. We were excited to see the landscape as we flew in, but at 7:00 at night it was already pitch black! I guess the sun sets about 5:30 here. We felt very well taken care of because there were people waiting for us at each point along the way with my name on a sign. We even got to go through customs first (one of the few perks of being in a wheelchair). The people from ICM (Institute for Cellular Medicine) were there to load us and our luggage (8 bags-a month is a long time :) ) and take us to our hotel. When we came into the room we were greeted with a beautiful flower/fruit arangement on the table. Take a look.
The room is nice, but I can't fit through the bathroom door in my wheelchair! Luckily I brought Scott along and thank goodness he's strong! They are going to look into getting us a new room tomorrow. That's all for now. We are so excited to be here!
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