Hola.. just a quick update, nothing incredible or extraordinary happening here!! Yesterday had an amazing morning at the beach, the water was gorgeous, and the walk back is so tranquil with the warm water splashing up on my feet.. I absolutely loved it! But then I wasn't feeling too great, so I skipped out of spanish school and took some time to rest and hydrate myself. Then did some shopping around the stores to pick up some post cards. I had a chance to ta...

¡Hola! Well, day 4 of the adventure..and actually, they have flown by so far, it still feels like I just arrived, so I guess that's a really good thing! Today, was the day of cleaning. I woke up very very homesick, and went to call mi madre, however I could not get ahold of her. I was standing in a phone booth, next to a group of drunken old rasta men, sharing the first 12 pack of the día. Did I mention that this was at 8 en la mañana?? A...

A friend of the family once told me that the difference between an adventure and a holiday was that at least once on an adventure you ask yourself, ¨What the hell am I doing here?¨ Well....this is definitely an adventure. Yesterday we left San Jose (thank god) and took the four hour drive up to Cahuita where I´m staying. It was absolutely breath taking, we were driving through the literal jungle up in the mountains. I´m talking stuff you see ...

San Jose.... I´m here! Right now I´m sitting in an internet cafe... owned by some Michigan guy, in the beautiful city of San Jose. And by beautiful, I mean not beautiful at all. Kind of smoggy and gross. Anyways, flight was fairly uneventful, except for the two hour delay, and then the one hour wait through immigration when I got here. And the fact that I got into the citizen line up and not the visitor line up. My bad. But the airport was gorgeous h...