Wednesday Day 2

Daphne boards the plan in Jax

After being rebooked next day on American’s flight to Costa Rica through Miami at 3:30 pm, we were processed, paid fifteen-hundred dollars for excess baggage, screened by TIA, and finally seated—ready to travel!

A kind lady seated in the row in front noticed we were carrying cat kennels and remarked that she had seen the cargo handlers loading a large dog and had taken pictures in case they didn’t treat the dog well (they did). When we said the dog was ours as well, she shared the pictures with us. Daphne’s first plane ride, documented.

On this new flight, our arrival time in Costa Rica was late—after dark—and we didn’t want to travel the hour and a half it would take for us to get from San Jose (Alajuela), Costa Rica to our new home in the mountains of Puriscal so we had booked a room for the five of us at the Nirvana Apartments near the airport. 

Dallas and cats transfer in Miami

When we landed, we were prepared for a lengthy wait to clear customs with three animals and our excessive luggage, but we breezed right through with the help of one of the ever-present porters at baggage claim. Outside the airport Eric from the Nirvana  picked us up, lashed the baggage on the roof, and packed us all into his Nissan and off we went for the first sleep in two days! 

As I was giving our porter a generous tip for his help, he told me in his first attempt at Ingles—I like dog. I would keep for you.