En caso de que las playas estén calientes, las mujeres hermosas, y la cerveza está fría. Lección uno para hoy: llevar dinero en efectivo para Montezuma!
Ok... just to expand on the above - lesson one for today... bring CASH to Montezuma!! There is no bank here, no bank machine, and no way to access money. A good portion of today was spent driving around in a pseudo-taxi from town to town, through the bush it would seem. Anyways... suffice it to say, bring cash to Montezuma (I am certain it says that in the guide book, but seeing as I don't have one... I wouldn't know ;)
teehee
So... I didn't spend a day in the sun and I was burned... and I have been burned in more than one way now (for instance, the $40 cab ride to get cash today was a pretty good burn ;) Sonofa.
Ok... enough about burning.
Montezuma is beautiful, relatively quiet, and I believe it to be pretty safe... everything seems to be pretty relaxed here. Relaxed is what I dig :)
Awesome.
I hope that this message finds you all well and warm back home... it is frigging hot here!
(ok, enough taunting I suppose)
Hope everyone is well, check back for another dispatch soon!!
Hugs...
Clinton
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Today was... a day :*)
Well... I find myself somewhere on the coast of Costa Rica, without a map, without a book, and without dinner in my belly. That said, I have discovered the differences between a $20 hotel room and a $40 hotel room are... in no particular order:
- Toilet paper
- Soap included
- TOWEL included!!
- Hot water in the shower (if only it would work)
- AIR Conditioning!!
So, I have decided that not having a map or a guidbook was the worst possible decision. If only... d'oh. My favourite last words.
I find myself in Puntarenas, which is somewhere on the West Coast according to Google Maps. I seem to be surrounded by water, that is what I do know, and incredibly enough, I have internet access across from my hotel. Damn I am hungry.
Yes... so in my infinite of infinite wisdom, I figured I would take a run before dinner, then I found myself running around in circles looking for my hotel... three laps later, I found my hotel again, along with an Internet Cafe and a convenience store.
Next stop dinner.
Not sure where I will end up next, but guessing that I will shoot for San Jose... I really want to visit the housing projects more than anything, though having trouble connecting with Dexter too... argh.
To be continued...
- Toilet paper
- Soap included
- TOWEL included!!
- Hot water in the shower (if only it would work)
- AIR Conditioning!!
So, I have decided that not having a map or a guidbook was the worst possible decision. If only... d'oh. My favourite last words.
I find myself in Puntarenas, which is somewhere on the West Coast according to Google Maps. I seem to be surrounded by water, that is what I do know, and incredibly enough, I have internet access across from my hotel. Damn I am hungry.
Yes... so in my infinite of infinite wisdom, I figured I would take a run before dinner, then I found myself running around in circles looking for my hotel... three laps later, I found my hotel again, along with an Internet Cafe and a convenience store.
Next stop dinner.
Not sure where I will end up next, but guessing that I will shoot for San Jose... I really want to visit the housing projects more than anything, though having trouble connecting with Dexter too... argh.
To be continued...
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
No manure, no magic...
Hmm... watched I "heart" Huckabees today with Jim, we both caught that line.
Awesome really... it explains a lot :))
Hehe. It doesn't make the manure smell better, but it does explain the need for the manure.
Anyways... the holidays are done, the partying isn't (I figure that 2008 ought be a party unto itself, why let the party end?? I won't let it ;)
In reflection today, I realized that (once again) there is meaning in everything, but the meaning that we find is our own. We can apply meaning to anything, and that can be our truth, but it is only our truth. It might, by some "coincidence" also be someone else's truth, but that's not relevant. When we apply meaning to something, it is our meaning... and it may only be true to us.
Yeah, the forest is thick baby... but look deeper.
We choose to apply meaning to every single experience in life, from birth to death. No experience is actually positive or negative, happy or sad - unless we say it is... that is us applying meaning to an experience. It is our personal truth.
Death is not bad, it's you that decides it is bad.
Birth is not good, unless you decide that it is.
Try to filter life through those glasses, and things will become more clear.
Choose meaning, and try to choose the positive meaning... why piss around with the negative? There's no point, no point at all.
Ok... /rant off :)
I hope that everyone's new year is off to a fantastic start.
For me, work begins again tomorrow, and I have to see if my pants still fit, then adjust the lifestyle accordingly (back to the grindstone folks, the elastic pants aren't allowed at work ;)
Hugs all.
Peace out.
me
(hugs implied)
Awesome really... it explains a lot :))
Hehe. It doesn't make the manure smell better, but it does explain the need for the manure.
Anyways... the holidays are done, the partying isn't (I figure that 2008 ought be a party unto itself, why let the party end?? I won't let it ;)
In reflection today, I realized that (once again) there is meaning in everything, but the meaning that we find is our own. We can apply meaning to anything, and that can be our truth, but it is only our truth. It might, by some "coincidence" also be someone else's truth, but that's not relevant. When we apply meaning to something, it is our meaning... and it may only be true to us.
Yeah, the forest is thick baby... but look deeper.
We choose to apply meaning to every single experience in life, from birth to death. No experience is actually positive or negative, happy or sad - unless we say it is... that is us applying meaning to an experience. It is our personal truth.
Death is not bad, it's you that decides it is bad.
Birth is not good, unless you decide that it is.
Try to filter life through those glasses, and things will become more clear.
Choose meaning, and try to choose the positive meaning... why piss around with the negative? There's no point, no point at all.
Ok... /rant off :)
I hope that everyone's new year is off to a fantastic start.
For me, work begins again tomorrow, and I have to see if my pants still fit, then adjust the lifestyle accordingly (back to the grindstone folks, the elastic pants aren't allowed at work ;)
Hugs all.
Peace out.
me
(hugs implied)
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