And that was it

I suppose one of the benefits of abolishing your standing army is having all that extra money to spend on public services. One of the most prominent beneficiaries is Costa Rica’s health service, so much so that a quick Google for “medical tourism Costa Rica” will show how attractive the standard of healthcare here is to outsiders looking for affordable, high-quality treatment.

I am not a medical tourist, but I can vouch for how good some of the facilities are here. Unfortunately, it wasn’t in the interest of research for this blog. There are much, much more fascinating things to write about regarding this stunning, vibrant little country.

But I won’t be able to blog about any more of it, because of the accident I had the day after my walk to El Miro in the previous post. The accident where I fell awkwardly on the road and bashed my knee so badly I had to have surgery. That one.

Well the hospital sent me on my way the following day, but there’s not much exploring you can do when you’ve just been given a brace and are learning how to pootle around on crutches. Let me clarify; yes, of course there are countless travellers out there with really life-changing conditions managing to go into the world and tell us great stories, and my admiration for them all has just gone up several notches. But as for me, I had to rest, stay around the hotel, and let nature take its course.

Which means a rather sudden end to these Costa Rican blog posts I’m afraid. No more rainforest, no crocodiles, jaguars, volcanoes, no boat trips out to beautiful islands, a great trip cut short in its prime. Well, stuff happens I suppose and there are plenty of travellers who have had worse things happen to them – much worse. So I have much to be grateful for. And a quick scan of this blog’s menu will show that I’ve been lucky to have done many, many trips over the last few years where the worst thing that happened was me knocking out one or two allegedly funny and insightful posts about them. I’ve had a great run to this point, and hopefully this knee will heal in time and soon I’ll be out there again to find more stuff to enjoy and write about. And until then…well I’d better have a look at all those posts for myself!