Travel ⁽⁶³⁾

Street-side booths selling everything under the sun I'm walking a lot, seeing some of the same faces each day and they are beginning to warm up to me. The Nicos on the street in this area are not as friendly as the Ticos Heide and…

Off again to foreign lands...this time Managua, Nicaragua. I am spending 15 days here to check out another country, it's people and culture, and in yet another futile attempt to learn Spanish. I started my journey on Monday and have been staying in a small…

Last night, in Costa Rica, Heide and I came face-to-face with true poverty...and it broke our hearts. Growing up, I had little idea that we weren't wealthy. But looking back on my childhood, I realize my brother and I grew up in a loving but…

I've been trying to connect with more Ticos and fewer tourists but to no avail. In a desperate attempt to pop open a cold one and chat with the locals, I decided to go looking for a bar in the nearest "non-tourist" town, Huacas. I…

Shirley (we think that's what she said), Gustavo, and Eddie On Friday (viernes for those of us so fluent in Spanish--NOT), we were exploring the nooks and crannies on the side roads near Playa Flamingo. I've passed signs pointing to Flamingo Towers more than a dozen…