Party Bus

On Tuesday, I had a new experience that I have always wanted to try! No, not white water rafting, although I want to try that too. I rode on a party bus! Wooo! :)

It worked out great... a friend from the US happened to be in Costa Rica this week, and thanks to the magic of facebook we were able to meet up. I took him surfing, and showed off my sweet new moves (the best one is where I wipe out, swallow lots of salt water and then emerge from the sea with streams of water pouring out of my nose).

That night, we decided to go out on the town. Tuesday night is Pasatiempo (there's a designated bar for each night of the week) but when we went there, it was dead. So we moseyed around the corner to Bar 1, since we could hear music coming from over there. When we got there, we saw lots of people streaming out, so we waited to see where they were going. They headed for the Witch's Rock Surf Camp bus, which is normally parked over in front of the surf camp but was now in front of Bar 1.

I said to my friend, hey we should wait and see where the bus goes, cause they will be creating a party wherever they go. Suddenly a girl waved to us. "Get on the bus!" she said. We looked at each other, and back at her. "Come on, come on, get on!" She was insisting, so we laughed and got on the bus. Needless to say, we were by FAR the most sober people on the bus. It was mostly gringos on the bus, with a few Ticos thrown in the mix, and everyone was screaming and laughing. We found out that the owners of the bus (it is literally an old school bus that has been painted over) drove it down from San Diego 8 years ago.

The bus drove around for a bit and then went back to Pasatiempo. It was still dead, but this time we had a 40-person posse to back us up. A live band came on stage later, and we danced, drank Imperials, and got involved in a game that involves sticking stickers on people's backs without them noticing. I saw some people taking a photo and I ran up and joined their photo just so I could stick a sticker on a girl's back. Yes, I am so sneaky, ha! :)

Yesterday I Interbused it down to Quepos, where I am now. (The slogan for Interbus is "Really Good". How hilarious is that?) More on Quepos soon...