John writes:
After a night of torrential rain we woke up to beautiful sunshine and stunning views.
A breakfast (yes beans of course!) cooked by our host in his Robinson Crusoe style kitchen set us up for the descent to the real world.
The roads were less challenging than yesterday and this time we could see the spectacular views – starting deep in the rain forest
and descending through the foothills, again slowly behind large Mack and Kenwood trucks until the Pacific came in to view.
It was hot and steamy as we hit the deserted black beaches – its the off season so not even the surfers were there but even worse most of the cafes and bars were closed too!
Our resident boy racer just couldn’t help himself and had to spoil the virgin sand with the Costa Rican version of crop circles!
After visiting various beaches we lunched at the new luxury Quepos marina before arriving early afternoon at Jaco, our destination for the next 2 days. Couldn’t be more different to our first night in Costa Rica in a timeshare style American apartment but with great beach views
Anticipating luxury and wifi we manfully struggled with our various technologies and social media efforts only to have expectations dashed and perhaps a taste of whats to come over the next 72 days – snail like wifi, no toilet rolls or air conditioning but we are still having fun!!!
Our America’s Challenge Drive 
Guys
Looks amazing. Will be following.
Remember don’t take sweets from strange men, always say gracias and look both ways when you cross the road. Follow these simple rules and you should be fine.
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Great advice thank Brian, we just have to remember which way to look first!
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Looks amazing guys. Please keep including pics and videos. My geography classes will be following your adventure. Good luck.
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Thanks Dennis – sure it will be some real education at Loretto then! We have a GoPro going and hope to update YouTube channel soon. Will try to keep it clean and educational then!! Best regards JP
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Looks stunning! Probably a good idea to stock up on toilet roll eating all those beans! x
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Thanks EJ , sound advice which we will take.
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i’m so impressed and proud of you boys – and its only Day 3 !!! Great to see what a bit of bravery (let’s say John) + some crazy ideas (let’s blame Chris) can get you involved in….. => endless Fun + a massive Adventure. can’t think of anything better !!!!. Looking forward to tracking you.
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