The drive to San Jose was uneventful until I got near the hotel and found they had closed the highway from the airport to the city and all traffic was being diverted right to where I was headed! An hour later and several detours (thank God for GPS!) I managed my way into the hotel the back way.
Checked-in, I threw myself on the bed and took a deep breath of cold air conditioned air - yuk! I looked around and suddenly felt very closed in - I need to be outside! so I went for a walk, and to get a beer at the hotel bar by the pool.
Soon it started to rain - lightly, then heavy, then torrential, then lightning. I watched the bolt come down just past the hotel, in the golf course - the flash and crack were simultaneous - the ground shook - that was close!!
They have renovated the common areas of the Doubletree Cariari - much more modern - clean lines and taupe.
Good beer, good dinner, fell asleep before I could drink the wine I had brought with me - breakfast to fill me and off to the airport. Upgraded to Business Class, I settled into the VIP lounge with little pastries and coffee - nice place - white pleather seats, contemporary, looking over the runway - better than the one in San Salvador - Lisle called it the Tacky Tacky Tiki Lounge!
Home is very strange - no sounds except for machines - buzzing of the lights, wooshing of the air conditioning, hum of the fans, screech of tires and the rumble of the streetcars!
Work - well that never changes - right back to where we left off!!
18 months!!!!!
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