When I woke up it was around +24C and some clouds. During the day we had some moments of beautiful sunny weather and at night it was raining a bit.

Shopping downtown
The day started out at 8am and I had breakfast by myself (and Franciscos dogs that sat next to me as I had food like lightended candles waiting for a bit to fall down on the floor). I went downtown to do some shopping and to get some souvenirs. I bought an acrylic painting of a rainforest with a river. It is soooo nice. I have thought of if for more than a month now. I am just so glad they had not already sold it. I also got a couple of hooded sweaters before I went home to leave the painting at the house, pack for the night and set off for the Eyedoctors.

Appointment at the Eye doctors
I took a cab up to Rohrmoser from San Francisco. Of course I had to remember the wrong adress in Rohrmoser and went to Plaza Rohrmoser instead of Plaza Mayor where I should have gone. Anyways the two malls are withing walking distance of each other so I just walked the resting 500 meters. I got there with a very good time and went to an internet cafe so that I could do some updating of my webpage.
As some of you remember and already know about I had my eyes operated with LASIK surgery 4 years ago here in San Jose. I am scheduled today to do a check-up after all these years so that the doctor can see how I have progressed. I had my appointment scheduled for 2:30pm and as the good Norwegian I am, used to get somewhere with a good margin, I was there early. For nothing. I was told as I got there that yes. "You will get in right after the lady over there". "And how long will it take?" I asked. "Well, around 30 minutes because it is her initial check". Ok. Then I have the time to go get some lunch I thought. Oh well. I went to have some lunch, I did some shopping and got back within my 30 minutes to realize that she still had not been let in. OH MY G.. What to do. Well. I sat down and watched TV. They had Gilmore Girls and the OCs on. And notice this ... I saw both shows before I was called in to my check.
It was the same lady that checked my eyes 4 years ago claiming I had been lost for so many years. HA!. I know where Ive been. hehe. What was wonderful is that my sight has not changed in these 4 years. Fantastic sight still.
She also dripped my eyes with a liquid that would open my pupils completely to do the remaining checks done by the DR. Perdomo himself. I still had to wait for about 30 minutes. Concerning I was supposed to meet my friends to get good seats for the RICKY concert at 4pm and it was now 4:30pm I was starting to get stressed. But well. What can you do. Costa Ricans are NOT exactly good in working efficiently. I finally got in to the doctor and although 2,5 hours later than the appointment was scheduled to. For what the tests showed him and what he could see from his tests my eyes are still in a perfect 20/20 sight with no changes and the results are very good after the operation. Fantastic !!!!

The Ricky Martin concert
I had a couple of phone calls with Paola, Jessica and Sunita and took a cab directly to Tibas where Estadio Ricardo Saprissa is located.
And there were people everywhere. Ricky Martin is very popular in these countries and the propaganda and comercials have been very visual and good.
I talked to Jessica and then I went to stand in Line to get good seats. I also got a ticket for Sunita that did not have one yet. The lines were long. About 500-700 meters long and luckily Jessica cought up on me so I did not have to wait too long by myself. Paola showed up as we closed in on the entrance but no sign on Sunita.
I decided to wait outside and I waited for almost an hour for her to show up. She did show up in the last minute because the guards were gonna close the gates at that moment. Luckily she did get there in time. Now the only problem was that my cell was completely out of battery. No possibilities and we had no idea on how to find Jessica and Paola. So we lurked around looking for them but no signs.
The stadium was FULL. Maybe 10-15000 people had shown up. As the warm-up band showed up the lights went out and made it no easier to find my cousins. Well. Sunita and I decided to sit down somewhere and after the warm-up band the lights went on again. Luckily Paola was on the search for us and I spotted her as she was searching for us. I was glad to be united with them again. I was also very glad I had 2 hooded sweaters on. It was cold (around +18C) at the stadium and wind was blowing.
Suddenly music starts and the crowd went alive. Screaming, yelling and the common shout was RICO RICO RICO for Ricky (RICO means - good looking). As Ricky entered the stage to a spectacular light show with great music - well I have never witnessed a crazier crowd. The full show was fantastic. Great music. Great RICO and a great crowd. As they all sang with him on the most well-known songs. Fantastic. The crowd was alive. Man, what a great experience.

El Cuartel de la Boca
As the concert ended Sunita and I decided to go to "El cuartel" to meet up with the other couchsurfers. Paola drove us there and mondays are womens night. Free entrance and a live band. The band that played tonight was a great band with reaggae music and great dance music. We soon found Cyril dancing with a couple of friends all in front of the stage where we stayed dancing a while as well before we went searching for other CS friends of Sunita that had said they were going to be there.
We found Miami Marco with a friend, Jonathan, and we settled with them. They were a lot of fun and really great company. We danced and talked until they closed and then we went to "El Pueblo" that was mostly closed. Some of the bars were open but not many. There we decided to go to San Pedro and stop at TicoBurguesas to get something to eat. When they closed at 4am we were bound to end the night and got cabs home. Thanks folks for a great night out.