I Made It!!

I made it! The flights actually went quite well too. There was a short delay leaving Chicago but it actually worked out just fine because it just shortened the layover in Houston. It was a relatively short flight from Houston to Liberia (only about 3.5 hours) and I sat next to a very nice and chatty guy from San Diego who was going to Costa Rica to look at buying retirement property. That´s the thing to do apparently as the land is relatively cheap.

I arrived at the airport, which isn´t much more than a big, open aired shed and passed through customs with no problem. The customs officer asked me where I was going to stay and since I had no idea, which he didn´t seem to approve of, he reluctantly let me pass. I was told that there would be a woman there to pick me up but I wasn´t sure if that was actually going to happen. Fortunately, a woman and her son were there waiting and took me into town and arranged for me to stay a hostel for a couple days.

All in all, everything is good. I´ve been wandering around Liberia most of the morning just trying to get a feel for things. I´m meeting Jan this afternoon and hopefully he´ll illuminate the situation a little bit more. I think general confusion best describes the days in a foreign country and I´m no exception. Never fear, I´ll sort it out soon enough.