Category: <span>Travel</span>
The Curse of the Bikini
My wife looks at me with guns blazing in her eyes and pretends to say casually: “You forgot to tell me that your Spanish teacher was a hottie.” Uh-Oh. This sounds like the kind of conversation that can only go bad or worse, depending on what my answer is. Think! […]
Synchroni City
There are times when you want something and the Universe delivers it to you on a platter. Some call it a stroke of luck or a coincidence; I prefer the word ‘synchronicity’. And for some reason it happens all the time in this little town of Santa Teresa, in Costa […]
The Test of Time
I decided to unpack all my bags for the first time since we left San Francisco four months ago. I feel like living for a while in Santa Teresa, a lovable beach town in a remote part of Costa Rica. Emptying the bags is a very symbolic gesture and I […]
Paddling Out
The surf is powerful today. Ripples on the surface of the Ocean turn into 6-foot waves that curl down and crash in a thunderous roar. Hesitation. I’m excited and scared at the same time, unsure which feeling is stronger. Where does the fear come from? I never hurt myself surfing. […]
Encounters in Costa Rica
Wilbert’s friends are here to fix the broken clothes dryer, but he just came for moral support. I join the conversation as he makes a joke: whoever parked this car must have had a lot to drink last night. I look at the car – my car – and realize […]
Where the Heart is…
Around me: the jungle, filled with sounds of birds and monkeys. In a distance: the Pacific Ocean sculpting an endless flow of perfect waves. This is it: paradise on earth. A 3 ½ month journey took us from San Francisco to Costa Rica, through Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and […]