October 2010
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Love.
Today’s post is dedicated to love. The love that my family and friends, both new and old, have showered me with in the past month that I was away. If it were not for your love, I may never have found the path that I will be heading down when I return home.
26 days ago I was completely lost. I came to Costa Rica in a state of quiet desperation, hoping that some miracle would find...
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Surf's Up
After getting past the initial wave of being on my own and making the decision to leave my hostel for a slightly cleaner room (I woke up to a bug on my pillow the following morning… Um, no) I settled in a new spot in Tamarindo and made friends right away. It’s funny how life changes almost instantly when you just tweak the little things that aren’t working. For example, ever...
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Here I Go Again...
As you´ve all probably figured out from previous writing, I´m not a huge fan of goodbyes and this morning was no exception. At 8am I boarded a shuttle to Tamarindo and waved goodbye to Annie, Katie, Tasha, Matt, and Leif, having seen off Tom yesterday. I felt a little choked up as I took my place by the window, knowing that I was now on my own for the next two weeks, and getting closer to...
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The Costa Rican Way
It´s Thursday evening and I´m sitting at the computer at my host family´s home, waiting for the rain to subside before we head out for our last evening as a group in San Ramon. The past three weeks have made a “little family,” as Annie calls us, out of 6 (now 7, a new volunteer joined us this week) strangers, and it will be sad to break up our home as three of us say goodbye this...
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So much more than building a house...
Friday afternoon we boarded a bus from San Ramon to San Jose to begin our journey down to Manuel Antonio for some relaxing beach time after a week of hard work. The house now has all of it´s walls up, the frames for the windows have been built, and the preparation for the roof is in place, with the only casualties being a few more mosquito bites and a 15lb breeze block cracking on my thigh (don´t...
New Beginnings
It´s early Sunday morning and I´m writing this from a hostel in La Fortuna at the base of Arenal Volcano. The sun is shining, as it has been for the past 5 days, and my bathing suit is still slightly wet from last night´s trek into the hot springs after a day of hiking and exploring the country´s most famous volcano.
Just one week ago I arrived in Costa Rica not knowing who or what to expect. ...
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Saying Goodbye.
I’ve never been really good at goodbyes. I suppose no one is, really, but there are those that manage to put up their walls in those instances and for that I am somewhat jealous. When I’m leaving, all my walls come crashing down.
This week has been an emotional one, with scrambling to finish up writing projects, packing, going back and forth to NYC every night to see friends, and...
