[gps-talkusers] Mike's Costa Rican experience

Hello everyone,
Mike asked me to send his blog journal entries directly to the list and 
save you the hassle of going to the website.  There will be two for 
today.  If you would like to view the journal blog directly visit 
http://www.senderogroup.com/blog.htm.
Enjoy and happy holidays.


Off To Costa Rica by Mike May

Dec. 15, 2004
The trip from San Francisco to San Jose Costa Rica ended up being 20 hours 
door-to-door, 9 hours flying time and 11 hours other transit time, such as 
waiting for delayed flights.

We connected through Washington Dulles and flew from there, South 198 
degrees. The Blue Logger GPS worked beautifully in the window of the Bowing 
757. I was amused as we flew along the North and South Carolina coast to 
here a number of user points from Michael Beukenkamp pop up, such as 
Grandma and Grandpa's house in Smyrna. I had San Jose Costa Rica set as my 
destination and painfully felt the hours and miles slide by, kind of like 
watching a pot boil.

The only commercial points of interest in Costa Rica were in the city 
category. This was handy at least for getting a sense of the distance and 
direction to the different places we were planning to visit, especially 
because our guide showed my family on a print map where things were. I 
switched my GPS units from imperial to metric units to be in keeping with 
the local custom. I was unfortunately not able to switch to a Spanish 
synthesizer.

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