MY FAVORITE THINGS OF COSTA RICA

Ok, I decided to write a few things that I have fell in love with here, here it goes:

The sock coffee maker
Emperial
Platanas
My nalgene
FRESH milk, icecream, natilla -sour cream-, peanut butter, honey, cheese....
My new friends, Josue, Estephania, Kristi, Chen, and my host mom
Adolfo's Driving
Taberna and Moon Shiva
Salsa Dancing
music
Alone time
Friolito
Sitting on logs in the wilderness or streams
Waterfalls
Hammocks
Drinking coffee at all hours of the day
FRESH FRUIT JUICE
Friendly Ticos
saying HOLA and Hasta Luego
Singing: ole ole ole ole, ticos, ticos!
Traveling
The words: Barista, Punta, Hola Muchacho
The crazy amount of dogs that follow you everywhere - you can tell how far someone has walked by the amount of dogs following them...no joke

*the more I think about it the more I realize that I love it all! No matter how far away I am I know how great my family is! They email me all the time...they call me...they dont forget about me even when I'm not there!
Maybe I'm becoming a little less materialisitic...this is good dad! And more independent as well! Do you realize I have to make my own decisions and I knew absolutely no one before I came here. Now I'm traveling with my new friends, sleeping in someone else's house and calling it my own, and walking everywhere and everyday! It's so strange to be so far away from home and your family and to have to adjust to a totally different culture. One in which they think you are someone's bf or gf if you call them more than once in a day or if you are seen alone together. It's so strange how you can be tracked down! One thing you realize is how simple life can be if you let it and how you don't need all kinds of contraptions and belongings to live a happy life. I mean the coffee maker is amazing because it's so simple! They have real ones here too but I much rather use the sockish one. I'm done reflecting-it's 1 am and I have spanish at 8 and have to walk home still ahh I like the walk down the hill but man up it is a workout....ps. running down hill is actually hard. You have to stop yourself from going too fast and also be carefull because you are always coming upon rocks and pot holes.....ok I'm really outtie!