San Jose – Day 1

Today I did a 10km walk into the City Center of San Jose to stretch my legs from the long flight.

I was surprised that my ‘girlfriend’ which I left behind 6 years ago, when I was returning from my Isla Del Coco diving trip, was still waiting for me at the same place ;-)

Together we strolled through the Avenida Central and the National Museum a former

fortress with its towers and walls which are still pitted with bullet holes from the 1948 civil war.

In the afternoon I met Gavin and his son William from Cape Town. We setup their bicycles and shared memories of our Cairo to Cape Town trip in 2008.

Arrived in San Jose

After a 27 hours journey from wakeup in Magstadt to getting my room in San Jose I am finally relaxing on my bed at 10:30pm. All my bags and boxes arrived. Bike looks o.k. although the US Transport Security had opened the cardboard box for inspection. Did they think I gonna send something illegal to Lance A.?  The final assembly and check has to wait for tomorrow. Now it is time for a nap …

3 more day in San Jose to adjust and get ready for the start into the big event on Saturday.