just arrived back from montezuma on the nicoya. most beautiful spot by far. its so remote, untouched. the town itself is two street, wonderful restaurants with all kinds of cuisine. people from all over the world, locals and on. all ages. the pacific ocean, the ocean clear sky every night. soft, white sand. mmmm, so i spent only 2 nights. everywhere was booked. met a boy, alex studying in san jose for international relations. actually goes to uni. of rochester, is a junior there. real nice guy, went hiking to several different waterfalls on saturday. then rented an ATV for 5 hours and drove that around the craziest dirt roads all through the southern tip of the nicoya. watched the sunset, swam in the pacific for the first time. warm, almost like a bath. saw the most incredible sunset, had a delicious thai curry first in months, made with real fresh coconut milk.
but so now i´m back at the hostel. i love it here..really makes me think that this is the perfect job. working in a hostel, besides the usa theyre everywhere. all countries, a wonderful way to meet people. speak another language, and find not only the tourist spots but the local parks, restaurants ...etc´. andy the boy from cacao farms works here but previously worked at a hostel in both prague, most amazing place ever he said and someplace in ireland. you get free room and board...
so 3 more weeks here..the boys are leaving sometime next week back down to cahuita to begin work on a new, upcoming tourist destination. real remote, most indignious than cacao trails was. if i were staying longer i would go, but its just getting up and ready..i´ll definitely miss them.
hmm, bbq tonight. . i´m really bad at this blog thing. lo siento everyone

pura vida
xo

so i´m going to give this blog another go. its a bit weird, slow and not has easy to upload photographs as i was hoping for. but so lets see, its feb 7th i believe and i´ve left the caribbean coast. spent 3 weeks on the cacao farm, learning about medicinal plants along with helping to cook in the kitchen mainly rice and beans with a big of jazz added to them. picking fresh chilies, basil, lemongrass, lemons..mmm. i began to take some tours, mainly people that only spoke english and i just translated what i could. but there was no sunshine, well not as much as there should be. and just about 5 days ago the rain began, and i´m talking rain. it rained about 4 feet in just 48 hours, the river that was right behind our campsite rose about 4 meters, rose right to the banks. it was loco so there was nothing to do, everything was flooded everything i own was damp and the volunteers and i took the earliest bus yesterday morning to san jose. so here i am now,
we´re at a wonderful hostel near the university in san jose. the boys sister works here and its a great place thus far. we´re just about to have some pancakes with pineapple, mmmm. i´m not sure on my next move from here, but it´ll definitely be to the pacific coast where its sunny sunny sunny, and the sunsets are phenominal i hear. and what i see.
so i love it, i miss home. not the cold though i may have to wait here until thats over with. hehe
much love
xo

january 17

well i made it. and i'm working at a 25 acre farm. cacao trails, its more beautiful than i could explain. i make chocolate everyday, 100% grown across the street. theres another wwoofer from england there, and another coming tonight. its nice, i'm picking up more and more spanish. everyone is sweet. and kind. every morning i'm woken up to monkeys all over the park hollowing. i met 4 backpackers from cali on tuesday and went up to cahuita national park. went in the ocean and hung out with them for a bit. eating lots of beans and rice. plently of plantains but nothing can beat the coconuts right from the trees, splitting them open and drinking the juice then eating the raw meat. mmmmmmmm, also had some delicious fish in cahuita not sure what kind but its lovely and was marinated in garlic.

more to come