Day 8 – Monday, March 25, 2019 Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

This morning as we woke we were on our way into the port Puerto Limon, Costa Rica.

“Sultry and sweltering” describes Limon, the port community of 90,000. The country’s most ethnically diverse city mixes the Latino flavor ot the rest of Costa Rica with Afro-Caribbean and Asian populations, descendants of laborers brought to do construction and farming in the 19th century.

This morning started out with breakfast at the Terrace Grill. Jim had fruit and a croissant and Patricia had her muesli with strawberries and blueberries. There was a special Belgium waffle that we shared. We loved the presentation.

Because of Jim having a mosquito bite which turned into dengue fever on one of our other cruises he has to be extremely careful as another mosquito bite that carries dengue could be fatal to him his Dr said. We take precautions with clothing and insect repellent and tried to stay away from the rain forests and standing water that might be carriers of dengue fever.

Today we took a walk into town to see what Puerto Limon is all about. At the terminal there was a Calypso band playing fun music.

The cruise ship terminal contained a maze of souvenirs stands. Vendors were friendly and there was no pressure to buy.

We walked through the streets of town that were full of people.

Parque Vargas is a promenade facing the ocean. It is the city’s palm lined Central Park. We were told that there were sloths living in trees but we did not see any. It was a beautiful area with many photo opportunities.

We walked back to the ship and just as we got back it started to rain and rained most of the afternoon.

We had lunch in the Grand Dining Room at our favorite table number 91 which is in the back of the ship and has a beautiful view.

Jim had Maryland corn chowder soup with cornbread muffins and a hearts of palm, avocado, pineapple salad. Patricia had creamy mushroom soup with cornbread muffins and a boston lettuce heart salad with roquefort cheese dressing. Dessert was lemon praline eclair and lemon sorbet.

Patricia sat out on the veranda and watched the rain come down while people watching and read her kindle.

For dinner we went to the Terrace Cafe. Jim had salmon with creamed horseradish sauce and mashed potatoes. Patricia had pork chow mein. Jim had creme brûlée cheesecake and Patricia had a scoop of chocolate ice cream with mini chips.