Costa Rica Posts
That Lousy Experience
Like any experience in life, seems like there is always one of those moments where a disappointment provides you with perspective and self learning. For me, that moment came upon my arrival in Quepos, Costa Rica. After a couple of weeks of pure magic, I felt like I...
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
(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...
Pura Vida
I’ve been in Costa Rica a week and seen only one full length mirror, in a fitting room in a t-shirt store. There are no mirrors in most of the public restrooms I’ve used, and in my hotels, only a mirror in the bathroom where I can see my face. I go outside each day...
A Costa Rica Conversation
The more locals I meet, the more I get to know about this fascinating country. On a nature walk for sloths and birds, I started realizing how really beautiful Costa Rica is because it has so much nature, and, unlike the States, you don’t see huge structures conveying...
Going Deeper
(View of the Pacific Ocean from near Drake Bay, Costa Rica.) I forgot how different it is to discover a new country on vacation as opposed to living there. When I first set out on this journey I planned to visit at least three countries. I even gravitated to all the...
A Little Sloth Information
I accomplished a bucket list activity recently - seeing sloths! They are really quite amazing and move a lot faster than I expected. And I was fortunate to learn more about them. Sloths have been around for millions of years. They used to be quite large, and at that...
Lost and Found
One of the things that gets me in a slight panic in a foreign country is being lost. It’s especially awful when I am convinced I know exactly where I am. I enjoyed a visit to the Playa Flamingo in Costa Rica. I spent the day there reading, writing, and admiring the...
The Locals Have It
One of the things I love about staying in a small hotel in a small town is the opportunity to talk to the staff, if they are nice. Well, I was so lucky to befriend several of the staff in my hotel in Brasilito. We spoke Spanish the entire time. I learned that they...
Differences
One of the first things you notice (consciously or not) when you go to a new culture are the differences. You start with the external differences, and move to the internal ones. For me, the first thing I noticed upon leaving the airport is that it was 60 degrees...