La Fortuna

Ok.... well we decided that San Jose was a bit of a dump so we left its cockroach infested streets in search of somewhere nicer to stay. We left the hostal (Sally taking out an innocent tourist with her rucksack on route) and hailed a taxi to the bus station. Our taxi ride was....interesting to say the least....as our driver spent much of it making gorrilla impersonations and telling us that "big monkey" would carry us off tarzan style because of our white skin! The journey-4 1/2 hours on a bus packed with locals and chickens was not that eventful. Sally made friends with lots of the locals and one guy raising money for charity gave us all heart shaped keyrings and declared his love for jules before accidentally elbowing her in the head! (I think he loved us all a little less when we failed to donate large sums to his charity tho.) I on the other hand got attatched to a guy by my rucksack and dragged him half way up the aisle of the bus before he got free -ooops.
Anyway, we successfully made it to La Fortuna by the afternoon and checked into Gringo Petes, our hostel for the next two days. Unfortunately we didn´t get to see much of La Fortuna that evening (small town overshadowed by a very active volcano) as we found out first hand exactly why it is called the rainy season! Confined to the hostel by a thunderstorm directly above us, it was a contest between our fear of getting struck by lightning v.s. our hunger as to whether we would venture outside. As the evening drew on, hunger won out so we donned our waterproofs and made a run for it to the supermarket. As sods law would have it however, no sooner had we reached the supermarket, completely soaked through, the rain stopped. Typical.
There is little else to report for today as it has rained solidly, although it has let up a little this afternoon so we are off to some hotsprings this evening, and will hopefully see the volcano properly if the clouds disperse-fingers crossed for clear skies.
Oh yes and Tommy and Leo- Jules managed to bore herself by her own conversation. At lunch yesterday she just switched off mid flow and wondered why Sally and I were still looking at her!