I get a good vibe at San José airport. People wearing smiles, and meeting Catherine and the laid back Sani, mellows me. I no longer feel like flying back to the UK, and get a really nice buzzy feeling about the coming days of my trip. That feeling proves not unfounded.

The two men in the picture above are brothers who were on my flight, awaiting luggage on the carousel. It was funny seeing them arrive in similar shirts, but when they both put the same leg up on the carousel, I just had to get the shot. I wasn’t taking the piss out of them and they were cool about the shot. They were friendly too and suggested some places to visit in Santa Cruz.

Catherine arrived with her friend Sani punctually half an hour late to pick me up. I sat in the sunshine and smoked a cigarette and put my flip flops on as I waited. As of writing, this has been my only foot attire for about two and a half weeks now. Ace.