Dreams Really Do Come True...

Ha, today has been quite the day...
We arrived at the airport this afternoon, prepared to board our plane to Lima, but when we got to the front of the line the woman asked us if we'd be willing to leave the following day instead. She said the airline would cover our hotel that night, food for the next two days, a $200 travel voucher, and taxi's to and from the airport... us being the starving and poor backpackers we are, we were AMPED at the chance! I mean c'mon, a FREE night in an actual hotel room, with our own TV, a HOT shower, access to a jacuzzi that isn't filled with grubby travelers, free internet, a gym and the best part...FREE happy hour from 5 to 6pm! We actually didn't figure out all our perks until we arrived at our hotel...which I might add is a Best Western.. but we were lovin' it when we read about all we were going to be enjoying in the next 24 hours. The icing on the cake was that we found out the restaurant we were going to be eating at for the next three straight meals was, believe it or not, DENNY'S!! So here we are in Costa Rica, staying at a Best Western, eating at Dennys! We couldn't contain our laughter at times once we realized what was taking place...it literally all of a sudden felt as though we'd stepped out of our vacation and had been plopped into someone elses! When we went to lunch earlier, Andrew and I couldn't stop looking at each other laughing...as the local costa rican's are walking past us with our "boca burgers" and fries, muttering to themselves about the typical americans that are eating there... little do they know, we are anything but! haha
Anyways...needless to say we are going to live it up while we are here. Andrew's already headed off to check out the gym, and I'm going to make the most of our personal TV to catch some movies. Then we well meet up for some free drinks in a bit... ahhh, such is the life of the starving and poor backpackers eh... lol haha