Jan 3

Traveled from Pochotal to Sabalita.

Sabalita is the border crossing in to Panama.

We were up early this morning and on the road by 7:00am. So we decided to cross in to Panama today. We did enjoy the scenery and Costa Rica is very clean. If I had to live in a south american country it would be Costa Rica. It definitely is a paradise for plant and flower lovers and apparently for bird watchers as well. When we arrived in San Vito we asked directions to The border crossing to Panama, and were directed down the road. Need I tell you we made a 60 km. detour, me being the navigator should have known that the 16km as shown on the map does not take one hour. When we finally got to the border, it closes at 4:00 pm. So now we are parked in front of a restaurant that is not open for business, but we were invited in for beer. We are quite high in the mountains but it is still very hot. Border opens tomorrow at 8:00 am.
Hope tomorrow no detours.

Big Hug to all.

Norbert and Greti