Buddhist Monks and Costa Rica

Coming out of Lima 2 nights ago, we pulled an all nighter. We went to the airport around 1 AM (to catch a flight to Bogota, Columbia), checked in around 2 AM, killed time until 5 AM when we boarded our plane, got off the plane around 6:30 AM without going anywhere due to technical difficulties, and waited. While everyone else was freaking out about their flight connections they were going to miss, Yoontae and I chilled on the tile floor. After about 30 minutes, we were approached by 2 small Asian ladies with shaved heads. They started talking to us in Korean, telling us that they were Buddhist monks and asking us for help since they understood neither English nor Spanish. This made it very difficult for them to understand what was going on, and they had a connecting flight to Mexico which they were probably going to miss. I helped them figure things out with the flight attendants and got them booked for an alternate flight that would take them to Mexico. I talked to the monks for a while, and they complimented me on my good looks (no lie, they were super nice) and told me that if I ever visited their area in Korea, I would have a free place to stay at their temple and they would also give me a tour and lend me free bicycles (random... but still cool). They gave me their contact information and then sent me back to Yoontae so I could sleep.

50 minutes later, I woke up and saw the monks again, only this time they were bringing us chicken croissant sandwiches. SO NICE! These sandwiches probably cost somewhere around 15 dollars apiece since it was in the airport, but these nice monk ajumas bought them for us out of the blue. They also brought us juice later. We talked some more with them and they commented on Yoontae's darkness and telling us again that we should visit them in Korea and they would buy us food and house us for free.

Around 9:30 AM, we parted ways and Yoontae and I left for Bogota. We got there, transferred to another flight and got to San Jose, Costa Rica by 4:30 PM. Then we took a taxi to the bus terminal, caught our $2.50 bus to Ciudad Quesada, took another $1 bus to La Fortuna, and checked into our hostel around 11 PM. After 1 day of nonstop traveling, we went straight to our beds and knocked out.

Today, we had amazing beans, rice, eggs, and tortillas with fresh juice. Best breakfast we've had on this trip, since we usually just eat free breakfast at our hostels that consists of cold bread, butter and jam, and tea. Now, we begin the adventurous segment of our trip. Just to give a brief overview... Today, we are hiking to a viewing point of an active volcano to see real lava, then going to some hot springs and relaxing. Tomorrow, we are waterfall rappelling down to a river, then rafting down the river rapids. Later this week, we take a van to the lake, cross the lake by boat, then take a van to Monteverde where we will go zip-lining and Tarzan swinging, then visit the butterfly farms. Other activity updates will come later!