Traffic is just brutal.....and one can forget about the back way to Belen and Alajuela it is completely jammed. However a "realtor" ( I am in the lending biz myself ) told me that there are permits to make a strait shot right through to the airport at the Panansonic "T" intersection. However given the tico time and general complacency along with world cup qualifying, festivals in Liberia and Puntarenas, Tope, and of course the "Clasico" if we see it in our lifetime..........thank God for the chicas!!