Welcome to Costa Rica!

We had a smooth flight into San José  Some kids slept, some chatted, some used the free Wi-Fi on the plane to see our MHS Blue Devils advance to the state championships for boys basketball! After landing we went through immigration, which was also quick and some kids got their first passport stamp. 

From there it was on to the baggage claim area to collect all bags. We have a system where a few kids stand at the claim and pull off anything with our blue ribbons and more kids shuttle it back to the group. It keeps things less crowded and more organized. 

A new thing for us was before leaving the airport we had to send our bags through another ci veyor belt for some kind of additional scanning. We think it might have been for agricultural products but we weren’t sure. 

From there it was outside to meet our tour guide Victor and board the bus to the hotel. 

Victor seems like he has a great sense of humor and is going to be a great host for us the next week.

It was just a short ride to the hotel so we are almost done with our day!