I Can’t Wash My Clothes

I Can’t Wash My Clothes

Don’t misunderstand me – I know how to put clothes into a machine, and I know how to put them in water with some laundry detergent. But, in Costa Rica I am unable to wash my own clothes. I don’t mean that I forgot how. I mean, first and foremost, if I wash them...
The Crazy Long Drive

The Crazy Long Drive

Costa Rica is notorious for poorly paved, rough, roads, which wind and are pretty scary. That’s why, instead of renting a car and driving between destinations, I opted to take various bus companies. For my ride from Monteverde to Manual Antonio it was the first time...
Real Fear

Real Fear

(Yes, I took that photo. It’s a Spider Monkey at Monteverde Cloud Forest, taken through a telescope.) Fear is such an interesting human condition. Make no mistake, it is a condition we either give in to or fight our way out of. Most interesting to me is how one fear...