I'm beat and, actually, lava can be green.

****updated the next day of originally writing this because this 3rd world countries internet was down). Oh well, we fixed it.

Right now I'm laying in bed and it's 12:13 in the afternoon. I'm not just getting up, I've been up for a couple hours now, but I am beat. Yesterday was real cool but playing soccer barefooted for over an  hour can really take a toll on your feet and legs. (I'll post soccer photos later).

The day started off with Wendy, Stefany and I going to Volcan Irazu which was freakin' awesome. Quite the scene and it ended up being a real good day. Sometimes, it's so foggy up top that you can't see into the crater, but we were fortunate and got to see everything. Sometimes, when it's real clear, you can see the pacific ocean and the Caribbean but there were clouds so, no luck there. Afterwards, we met up with a  bunch of people for a birthday and played a mean game of Soccer. The only problem was I didn't know soccer was going to be involved so I only took my sandals, again another problem with me and sandals. I wear them as much as a I can, which in turn, I end up knee deep in mud in forests and also having to play games of Soccer barefooted- I need to stop wearing them so much. The soccer game was real cool but I ended up pulling a muscle in my left thigh because I didn't stretch, I took a couple nasty spills dribbling the ball (barefooted), I scraped the hell out of my left leg too, jammed my big toe real hard, and I got some kind of rash on the top of my foot as well. Sometimes, these tropical conditions really take a toll on my skin, (and don't forget about bug bites). So, I'm laying here recuperating and relaxing. My left leg is real jacked-up right now, oh well, I had fun.

Afterwards, we went up to buddy's finch (farm) again, they're not really farms, they're mountain "cabins." This one overlooks all of San Jose and the whole valley, it's real cool. We partied pretty good, none of them knew how to make a fire in the fireplace so I gave them a "how to build a fire 101" class and now they should all be professionals. I mean come on, I have been building fires my whole life. But anyways, everyone's always speaking spanish, and I'm always meeting new people so they always ask "what are you doing here in Costa Rica?" I'm always telling them the story and when I do, people are real stoked. Yesterday a buddy of mine pulled me aside and told me that what I was doing was one of the coolest things someone can do. 

It's a lot of work, it gets frustrating at times but it's what you make of it. Moving to an unknown country and not knowing what you're getting yourself into, what can be easy about that? In the beginning, nothing's easy. Even two months into it, nothing really easy, I'm having a lot of fun but it's a lot of work. Learning Spanish, learning the culture, trying to learn the town, city, and country, trying to make friends when there's a big language difference, working 40 hour weeks and trying to figure out the safest way around because, yeah, this country is not the safest place by any means. I live in a 3rd world country and it's awesome. 

I still have to post photos of my car and my guitar, I'll do that real soon. Again, I'm in bed, I could do it right now but I don't want to move, I deserve a little R and R. Also, I'll keep you posted on the build up to Panama. I'll be going there in two weeks for a few days, solo, on a bus and see what happens. Then a buddy of mine is renting a beach house and I'll be going there for a few days with a bunch of friends and then back to work. We have the whole easter week off so it should be real cool. The rewards are amazing and the hard work is paying off. 

By the way, the photo of the truck in front of us is a potato truck with 5 or 6 guys in the back. They were definitely passing a joint around (it's the guy on the lefts turn in the photo) and they were having a damn good time. We thought it was pretty funny. Just before I took the photo too, there was another potato truck that was being cut off by this potato truck and that one had about 4 or 5 guys in the back too. It was pretty funny seeing the two trucks battle for position around blind corners and solid yellow lined roads to be in front of the other, talk about giving a shit about safety. A photo can only do so much, it was damn funny though.

I'll be posting more now that we got the internet working better here in this 3rd world country.

Later.