Today we had to leave Cartagena and travel back to Costa Rica, but we were able to take a leisurely morning since our flight from Cartagena didn’t leave until 5pm (however we had to be at the airport 3 hours prior to that). Carlos and I slept in a bit, had a final breakfast and watched some more Olympics until we had to check out of Centro Hotel. I would definitely stay here again on another trip to Cartagena!
We were able to leave our bag with the front desk while we ventured out to lunch at a little bistro called Kokoriko. This is actually a fried chicken chain, but the Kokoriko we ate at was very fancy and more of a sit-down restaurant. I had a nice tropical salad with mangos, peaches, strawberries, and ricotta.
After lunch, we stopped by the hotel for our bag then took a taxi to the airport. The airport was pretty interesting -- lots of drug-detecting dogs and army officers. Every bag that went through the x-ray machine was searched (i.e. all the stuff was taken out). Any items in bags/boxes were sniffed, probed with a stick, or opened -- it was quite intense. The lady who searched our bag even broke up all my hot chocolate bars!
After two short flights, Carlos and I were back in San José. We traveled to Hotel Pacandé in Alajuela for the night and due to a reservation mix-up on their part we were able to stay in a fancy room with a private bathroom at the rate for a room with a shared bathroom! We watched more of the Olympics and saw Michael Phelps win his 8th gold. Our vacation was over, but Carlos and I had a really great time and we know that one day we will go back to Cartagena!
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