Adventure vacation continued

Wow..I never get a chance to write these things. So by the time I finally get around to it, I have a million more things to add since the last time. sigh... Anyway, in addition to the rental car troubles and the hotel isues, I came down with some kind of crazy fever the day before the first of my friends arrived. I´m still not sure if it was something I might have eaten in Nicaragua or just the general "gripe" that was going around during Christmas time. So anyway, the family was kind enough to take me to the airport to pick up Sunny and Lisanne. Apparently, the two had decided to meet in baggage claim and then head out together. Naturally, there was some kind of misunderstanding with flight times and arrivals and so Sunny came outside and Lisanne never "showed up" Also, people from the outside are not allowed go into the airport. So we waited for 2 hours, no one had my contact information and I certainly didn´t have anyone´s contact information on me. What a fiasco! We didn´t know if Lisanne had made it, had gotten kidnapped, or her plane had been taken over by terrorists. Not only that but my Tico dad was waiting because we had to go to a party that evening, and we were already two hours late! Anyway, after waiting for several hours and trying to call information and not having any luck, we finally left the airport and went to the party. From there Sunny and I tried to contact the others that were coming and get some phone numbers circulating so that Lisanne could contact us. Meanwhile, I was batting piñatas, and exchanging gifts, and trying not to keel over from my fever. We left the party and begged the family to take us back to the airport. We drove by the front and till saw no signs of a tearful Lisanne waiting outside. We left the airport and headed back to the house, when we got a call just as we arrived from Lisanne! Somehow Kara had gotten a hold of her and contacted us from the e-mail that we´d sent earlier. Lisanne had decided to wait for Sunny in the airport until the last possible minute (when everyone had cleared out of there) and then finally made her way outside. Not seeing anyone, she went back in and got someone to let her make a phone call. Soooo, we had to go all the way back to the airport and pick her up. What a way to start your vacation....but wait it gets better...