Day 53: Alajuela, Costa Rica

Another 4-5 hour bus ride from La Fortuna to Alajuela, a dirty grungy city near the airport just outside San Jose, and our day has been totally shot. That`s the big bummer about daytime travel.

We arrived and walked to a hostel we had heard about that provided free breakfast and, more importantly, free airport transport. They were full but directed us to another hostel (that will remain unnamed for reasons outlined in the following post). We checked into our 4 bed dorm and were informed that there would be one other guest joining us later that night before we headed out to find some dinner. Always on the lookout for Chinese food, we stumbled upon Restaurante Moderna, a dirty but extraordinarily cheap place ($3/plate but to be honest, it was awful food).

Took a very short walk before heading back to the room for some website post preparing before bed. We would advise against being out at night in Alajuela. It`s pretty sketchy, though we`ve definitely been in some far more sketchy places at night. So err on the side of caution and try to get your stuff done in the daytime. It`s also a little bit sketchy then too. Not a great place overall, really.