First meals

- July 28:  Dinner on the airplane from Texas to Costa Rica (American Airlines) - not Costa Rican but instead American. (first picture)

- July 29:  Breakfast at Hotel Eskalima (FREE!) - Fresh blended-in-house passion fruit juice, fresh blended-in-house orange juice, fresh blended-in-house mixed fruit juice + gallo pinto* + egg(s) + toast with guava jam/jelly, fresh cut pineapple, papaya, and watermelon. (second & fourth picture)

- July 29:  Lunch at a soda (meaning small mom and pop hole-in-the-wall eatery) in Alajuela - one hamburger each + freshly homemade french fries + tap water (potable!) (third picture)

Dinner on the plane- chicken & rice

Breakfast at Hotel Eskalima

Lunch ($3.50 for 2 hamburgers)

Hotel Eskalima- freshly blended fruit juices and milk