We hit the pacific coast for a couple days: I swam in the most beautiful beach I have ever seen in my entire life called Manuel Antonio. I snorkled with schools of fearless tropical fish that surrounded me in the water, I saw dolphins, a beatle the size of my hand, a blue iguana, howler monkeys and got a great tan ( Read more... )

Well we finally got the net back in gear in our new house in San Lorenzo, de flores, Costa Rica. Corey and Amy flew in a week ago and we are all having a blast. As Chris informed you, we have a personalized taxi driver/dealer. We were told $40 US for a pound.. it's a lie but the joint we smoked with our landlords was bueno!!! and cheAP. umm We ( Read more... )

I had my first tutouring lesson on Friday with a 20 year old Tico named Oscar. He is also a musician and likes Led Zepplin and Guns ans Roses. He loves skateboarding but fell off his board and fucked up his knee really bad and has to have a major surgery which involves a month of bed rest. All I could think of when he was telling me this was "Your ( Read more... )

I can't sleep, I miss english speaking people ( Read more... )

Love painted the sky with tinfoil stars
with dirty feet and tired eyes
you led me to paradise

I can't believe I slept through an earthquake!!

It is so hot here in Costa Rica that today when I was out walking I saw two farm men passed out on the side of the road in the ditch at about 1pm. And when I was walking down my street, I saw another man passed out on a pile of rocks.. I thought that man was dead because he was sprawled out on his back with his mouth wide open, I mean how ( Read more... )

I was sittin on my bed and noticed this extreamly large spider on the wall and i'm not talking no daddy long legs.. ugh some huge daddy with red legs and an enormous body. well instantly I started getting this terrifying image of it crawling all over me having a grand old time while I was sleeping..so I had to get rid of it. Chris has been calling ( Read more... )

We met a man on the street in San Lorenzo named Bictor who taught us how to say Costa Rica is great. Costa Rica por la vida. We were sitting on a park bench and he was running around the block repeatedly, so everytime he stopped by he'd say "Costa Rica .....?" and we'd say Costa Rica POR LA VIDA ( Read more... )

Rhythm had it's chance to make me be ( Read more... )