I left Ometepe with the ferry, took a cab to Penas Blancas, the Nicaragua - Costa Rica border which cost me 20$. A lot of backpackers would probably roll their eyes on me for taking a cab but on that morning I was not keen on traveling for 20h to the border in a more complicated way than necessary to be honest. So I took the more comfortable way instead of taking the chicken bus or a shuttle.
Getting out of the cab there was a man wearing an official looking batch holding forms in his hand and he asked for my passport. I was kind of confused (I never crossed a border by foot before in my defense) so I handed him the passport without questioning. He started filling out the paperwork and then asked me for money. "20$" - That's a bit much for writing down some words on that paper. I gave it to him anyway but felt a bit weird about the whole situation. As I walked on, I saw some more people offering the same things to tourists and then I realized it was a scam. As if I still had a lot of adrenalin from fighting the robber from the night before, my anger arose and I stormed back, screamed at the guy: "You asshole, you tricked me. Do you think I'm stupid?" I crumpled up the form and threw it back in his face and yelled: "Keep the money as charity, fucker!" and turned my back, walked off while everybody was staring at me. They probably thought I was a crazian. I was. (Pretty stupid for making a scene at the border, could have gone terribly wrong. Plus, the guy didn't get a word I said for sure. But angry Asian was angry.)
And then I was standing in line waiting for the bus to San José for 4h, in the brutal heat of 36degrees. Sat in the bus for 6h, slept 4h at a hostel close to the airport to fly 15h to Vietnam next morning, stopping over in Los Angeles for 7h, in Taipei for 2h and arrived completely exhausted in Hanoi, at 7AM.
Well, good morning, Vietnam!
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