Odds Off

My feet hit the ground after 6 hours on the bus. I didn´t know what to expect…. I had been told this place was beautiful. I was told that here in Rio Celeste that when god created the sky he took a bit of it and placed it in this River called Rio Celeste… I have to admit I was mighty sceptical… My experience of Costa Rica had taken a slight hit this week. My body was and still is refusing the rice and beens, the house I am staying in had gotten much louder and I hadn´t managed to sleep for nearly 5 days. My faith in people had taken a massive hit and deep down I hoped this place would give me a bit of spark back. I needed it. I needed not to miss my family, the country side of England, the old pubs and not being stalked in shops, by strangers not wanting to touch my hair constantly or simply chat to me because I look different… As we luckily went off the bus at the exact right momento without any signs as to where this place was I wondered if my luck was turning. We started walking up...

I woke up next to a pool and opposite the beach on Sunday. Took me a few minutes to actually believe where I was. I had gone to a Fiesta (yes indeed another one) in Puntarenas. After that we drove to the beach. I could hear the ocean when I went to bed but I didn´t know it was going to be in front of me! I didn´t want to get up I wanted to enjoy this momento so I did so. I skiped breakfast and listened to the waves and watched out as far as the eye would take me. I waited for Jack to arrive and he jumped in the pool. We sat there in the rain in this warm pool with my new Costa Rican friends, Cristian, Marco, Sean and 2 x Andreas and started laughing at how surreal this all was. However that didn´t stop us from climbing 40 meters in the air and jumping down the bungy jumping tower. OMG the view was amazing. Costa Rica never stops to amaze me. The beauty is beyond this world. I went silent for a good few minutes and Jack started laughing. He looked at me and joked that he had actually...

I have invented a new Word!! Skeptilism!! That is what I had before coming out here! Don´t get me wrong! I won´t completely become naive and believe everyone is trustworthy but I will wait a bit longer before thinking everyone is out to get you! It basically started on Monday. I was invited by this Costa Rican Old man to come and meet his family and stop over for coffee. I noticed they sold furniture so I thought yeah why not learn a bit more Spanish and see what they would sell me. After work on the Tuesday I go round fully prepared with my little pocket book dictionary and had practiced how to say sorry but I won´t be buying anything! I was welcomed with a FAT hug and smiley faces all around and a bathtub of coffee and several   cakes. We chatted about the weather (what is it about the weather that is so universal that it is the perfect chit chat topic!!) I in my basic Spanish told them about Iceland and England. They couldn´t get their head around the fact I was working for fre...