"it’s impossible not to run into someone kicking ass in some unexpected way."
I completely agree. It's great to find people with such great attitudes and energy towards life. Meeting people while traveling is great. It's too bad many of them remain long-distance friends after the adventure, considering what each has to offer.
One thing I found while traveling in Thailand with my notebook computer was that many (most, all but one) internet cafes let me unplug their computer's Ethernet cable, plug it into my notebook and do my email transfers that way. Worked pretty slick and at slightly less than 1 cent per minute, incredibly cheap.
I agree wholeheartedly with you and with Stevo. It really is impossible to not meet awesome people while traveling. You get to hear so many incredible, amazing, inspiring stories along the way.
You in CR now! You have to make you way to Arenal. Toursty but one of my favorite spots. And when you go to Monteverde, go to the organic shade grown coffee farm- its like monteverde coffee...its like drinking chocolate
The gringo trail is magnetic--even when I don't intend to, I find myself pulled back. Like you, it also has to do with internet for work purposes.
I've also heard good things about Arenal from travelers here in Guatemala...
Adriana
· 9 months ago
I just love to exchange stories with other people when I'm traveling! everyone seems so awake, alive, passionate... very different from the typical small talk, "what do you do?" conversation and exchange of business cards! Not to mention being soaked, with huge backpacks, wearing flipflops, eating patties and loving every part of it! ;)
sumdumsurfer
· 9 months ago
I'm curious to hear your impression of Jaco - it had a bad element in 2000 when I was there.
I'm enjoying your travelogue! Your updates are taking me right back to CR while I work in my cubicle (saving and saving for my own escape...).
Are you writing this real-time? And heading south? Playa Esterillo Este is a great low-key place to hang-out and learn to surf. At least it was low-key the last time I was there (and probably not as low-key since gringo-Shane bought a bar/restaurant there (gringo-Shane is a good guy - he is a friend of a friend) - and it is a nice place)
I am also a "long term traveler", and I just came back from a surf trip to CR for a quick pit stop at "home"... I was there for a bit over a month. Two things:
a) No, you are not being unfair to San Jose. Trust your gut feeling on this one. Get out. Now. And a bit of advice. If you take a taxi at night. Remember, red lights are more of a suggestion there. So close your eyes. It's better that way.
b) Ohh.. Jaco. Yup.. I called it "A big brothel that also sells surfboards..". But alas, traveling is all about the experience, and looking back, my week(!) there was not only the most memorable of my stay, but might even end up marking a major turning point in my life!. So.. gotta love Jaco for that ;-)
Erica
· 9 months ago
"On the road, it’s impossible not to run into someone kicking ass in some unexpected way." So true!
Was gonna ask the same thing as sumdumsurfer, is this real-time?
Fly Girl
· 9 months ago
Yup, that sounds like my theory on San Jose as well. It really doen't do justice to the rest of the country.
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I completely agree. It's great to find people with such great attitudes and energy towards life. Meeting people while traveling is great. It's too bad many of them remain long-distance friends after the adventure, considering what each has to offer.
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I've also heard good things about Arenal from travelers here in Guatemala...
I'm enjoying your travelogue! Your updates are taking me right back to CR while I work in my cubicle (saving and saving for my own escape...).
Are you writing this real-time? And heading south? Playa Esterillo Este is a great low-key place to hang-out and learn to surf. At least it was low-key the last time I was there (and probably not as low-key since gringo-Shane bought a bar/restaurant there (gringo-Shane is a good guy - he is a friend of a friend) - and it is a nice place)
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a) No, you are not being unfair to San Jose. Trust your gut feeling on this one. Get out. Now. And a bit of advice. If you take a taxi at night. Remember, red lights are more of a suggestion there. So close your eyes. It's better that way.
b) Ohh.. Jaco. Yup.. I called it "A big brothel that also sells surfboards..". But alas, traveling is all about the experience, and looking back, my week(!) there was not only the most memorable of my stay, but might even end up marking a major turning point in my life!. So.. gotta love Jaco for that ;-)
Was gonna ask the same thing as sumdumsurfer, is this real-time?
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