first day in costa rica

Met Kim at the airport and we went to go rent a car. The car rental company had an extra disclaimer warning that we knew that there was a scam involving flat tires, rental cars and petty theft. I didn't have trouble with scammers, but I did manage to get the car beached... on the beach. I thought I could do a Uey and go around to park in the shady part on the road. Kim said I would get stuck. And I did. So we spent the next couple hours with a Costa Rican family... 1. trying to push it out (front wheel drives, just keep digging deeper into the sand). 2. trying to get some escavator people to bring their big CATs to dig it out (they don't like going on the highway), 3. borrowing a chain (the chain needs to be longer than the one we borrowed to avoid beaching the helper car) 4. looking for Macho the trafico/tow truck driver (who doesn't have a cell phone) and 5. Finally finding someone who knows someone who will pull it out for $30. On the way to the hotel we saw crocodiles under a big bridge (nicknamed crocodile bridge). What was cool was there was a super big crocodile there... Maybe 1000 pounds? We also checked out Jaco beach which I think is a bit sketchy. Kim wants to try surfing lessons so we might go there or somewhere else later. All the prices are americanized-expensive, but the quality is good: We had some great sushi.