Change of plans, Off to Costa Rica

Turns out that the truck we drove down, my dear Toyota Tundra, was only legal for 30 days so we headed down to Costa Rica to leave the country and then re-enter with a new and improved 90 day permit. Wrong. As it turns out, you get a 90 day permit, which I already had, but you need to drive it into Managua every thirty days to get renewed, which will still need to be done. So we ran the gauntlet, "helpers" at the border for nothing. OK not for nothing. We did get to check out Costa Rico. Billboards lining the road to the coast like on the way into Las Vegas, almost all in English. Its a beautiful country, there's no denying that but the soul of the country, from the brief bit I saw, had been lost or more accurately, sold. I barely heard any Spanish spoken once we hit the beach town. Again it was beautiful, but soulless, a little icky.