We are still staying in San Jose and as today we were visiting museums and shops (no hat yet...), so here some things about our hostel. It is a great place close to the even greater high court - some more of that later on.
The centerpiece is a pool, that is surrounded by a nice garden with hammocks and a bar. The people are the usual international travellers, easy to get on with. Our room is very simple, but then again it has all we need including a fan. So all in all we like it very much.
To the more interesting things:
The showers: Here hot showers are done a little different then in other parts of the world. The solution is called suicide shower by our guide (the rough guide). Basically water is heated just before it comes out of the pipe above your head. You can set the temerature, by regulating the amound of water that is coming through (the more the colder). The suicde part is the way local engineers bring electricity to the heating device, which is again, let me emphasize above your head. (see pictures)
The computers: Not too concerned about IT security everybody is logged in as admin, which came very handy when I tried to install picasa. What i didn't consider, that the old boxes will die when just thinking about the 18MB raw files that one of our camera produces. So when you look at the pictures, think that there is a big protion of patience in them. On the other hand from where i am sitting now i can see the pool, the weather is warm and i am drinking a beer - not really in a hurry.
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oooooh i remember those showers, i was a bit concerned at the start, but its amazing how at the end its normal, i've never heard of anyone dying?? I can't beleive you have done so much, your only gone, what..... 4 full days and you have done more than i do in a month here! What have a i done, hmmmm work, aaah soup runs, errmmm, work, hmmmm oh yeah finished career thingys (aren't you proud Amelie) oh and moved seat - thats 4 full days! Keep having fun, miss ya! Lucy (put name cause have no idea what my "google account will put me as - don't trust technology!) oh and put picture of me - in case you forget who i am!
ReplyDeleteyou see...........testytesty?? stupid blog name i did when i first started, to "test"
ReplyDeleteTesty Lucy, really? Relax Max, it looks very tiring so far :) Bit disappointed though, the least you could have done is name that post "Hostel" not "The hostel"! 1st leg of the trip seems to be going great... enjoy!!
ReplyDeletehi hi, loved the shower anecdote ! be careful guys !
ReplyDeletewow great post .. Careful enjoy guys !!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWonderful article thanks guy
ReplyDeletenice post good write
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