nicarrrragua...en la manana!

day and night...

from autumn leaves to palm treezzzzz....

cubic zirconia

back in brooklyn

no sleep til brooklyn...

i leave in the morning.

thanks for letting me share this incredible journey with you all.

i feel healed by this place.

much love,

me

a simple kind of life...

yesterday may have been the happiest day of my life thus far.

walked 4 kilometers to playa avellanas.

had read the night before the four agreements

and one of the agreements is to be impeccable with your word and not to speak against yourself.

the whole time ive been saying i cant ride short boards, but on the walk i visualized myself on the short board and kept saying that i could ride it,

and i did all day in some big waves,

the locals said these were the best they had seen in months.

i love duck diving, cant do that with a longboard.

i love the seaspray from the breaking wave; it creates rainbows.

i love surfing.

this morning i awoke very early and went to the beach to find all these ticos fishing at low tide.

they were running back and forth and over the rock reef and just pulling out fish after fish.

it filled me with such joy. they were all so happy and screaming and running around.

i asked one to show me how it was done - in spanish, no less.

oscar gave me his gear and i threw out a few.

they dont use polls, but rather a block of wood with fishing line wrapped a million times.

you take the end of the line and spin the lure and then release.

so awesome.

ive got enough fish for days. 1 mil colones, 2 bucks.

things i love about costa rica

fruit smoothies

la playas

pura vida

agua de pipa

plumeria trees

mangroves y buttonwood shade

many many moons

and shooting estrellas

skiddish iguanas

gallo pinto

no phones

walking to the fishing village to buy fresh catch of the day

ticos y ticas, most patient and kind people around

baile en la noche

millions of tiny white butterflies fluttering at your feet when walking through the forest, its like they are escorting you, so sweet

grasshoppers the size of your head

waves everyday

sunsets y cervezas

simplicity of life

flashlights at night because there are few streetlights

unpaved roads

hitchhiking

using a machete on anything

orange and lemon trees

hanging my clothes on the line

the physical challenge of everything

todas cosas...

things i dont like about costa rica,

well, i got sand in my camera and the shutter wont open.

so no mas picturas, solemente palabras.

muy triste pero quiero hacer mas fotografias...

perdon mi espanol, estoy aprendiendo.

hasta luego y pura vida.

me