Over the last year we’ve been to close to 40 different countries. Entering the country by plane, bus, car or foot, customs and immigration in most countries have been hassle-free, and expedient. This is not the case at Penas Blancas, the border between Costa Rica and Nicaragua. We spent two hours waiting in line just to leave Costa Rica–I guess the customs officials were on lunch break. The Nicaraguan side only took about 20 minutes. We were lucky, though, as Hedda & Michael crossed at Penas Blancas the next day, their wait was 2.5 hours in Costa Rica AND 2 hours in Nicaragua.