Slept well in a very comfy double-decker coach. Got to David spot on for the sunrise. Fixed the tyre and after coffee and cake, left for the border. It took me just over 2 hours to travel the 55km. The border crossing was total madness. I met a couple of Germans from Stuttgart and had a bit of an experience exchange. The male was an ex Mercedes steering column engineer. Had to wait 1.20 min to get stamped out of Panama and an additional 20 minutes for the Costa Rican visa. Funny thing was that nobody was actually checking whether you had the visas or not. I could have just walked straight in! On the way to Golfito, I passed Nelly Ciudad (a bit of a dive) and ended up clocking 129km in the day (my record to date). I found a cheap hotel and after a relaxing strole along the sea fronted boulevard I fell asleep in my basic room in a nice wooden hotel.
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