Another day...

I think my biggest compliment today was from the taxi driver... he actually believed I was from the "Mother Country", from Spain. A couple of other drivers had tried to rip me off by asking for 1,500 colones ($3.00) up front when the trip should have only cost 350 'cause it was so close, so I had to find another taxi. I didn't want the driver to think I was just another gullible American, so I made a quick lie. Hehehe.

The taxi system is pretty good here. It's really quite affordable. They are all regulated by the government, and that keeps the prices reasonable and the customers relatively safe. Any travelers are advised to make sure that the taxi is a registered taxi so that if anything happens they can make a complaint to the city. I don't really know what that would do.

This afternoon all the taxis were actually on strike. It was really quite funny to see. They had blocked up a huge part of the main street causing all kinds of chaos. They were all mad because the city was being too easy on the "pirates", or unlicensed illegal taxis (the ones known to rob tourists, etc). I wonder what will come of it.

It's a pretty cool feeling right now to not know where I will end up sleeping tomorrow night. I went to a dive shop today to ask for some suggestions of where to head off to, and so now I have some ideas. It's really interesting that even though Costa Rica is such a small country there is so much to see! I don't even know where to start! There is a sign here in the hostel that quotes Saint Augstine of Hippo that says, "The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page." I think it would be more accurate to compare the world to an extensive library. It really is impossible to read it all!

That's a frustrating feeling to deal with. Everything I've seen so far has been so exciting that I want to make sure not to miss a thing. Yet I know that even if I were to spend my entire life traveling I would only be able to scratch the surface.