Las Montanas de Cartago

Como Vas?

Entonces, mi fin de semana fue buenisimo. Ok I'll leave the Spanish for here. However, this weekend was the first time I got to hike through the rain forest, while at the same time getting completely soaked and muddy. It was great. I went in sandals, something that's not new, and I was a complete mess after it was said and done. If you look at the photo of me standing underneath the extremely large plants, you wouldn't realize that I was pretty standing in a nasty mud puddle at that time, which in turned ended up with me knee deep in nasty mud. While I was pulling my leg out of the hole, I jerked my foot so hard that it slipped out of my sandals and it was completely submerged in the earth. After that, and the whole process of me trying to dig it out, I can explain how much crap was on me. Oh well, that's what you get for going into a rain forest in sandals. I enjoyed ever minute of it. In my eyes, you have to get your sandal eaten by the earth and be covered in mud to really enjoy something. Oh by the way, you see the gun Stef is holding? it's your everyday pellet gun, but damn I was good with it. I was the only one that could pick off our targets. Thanks Dad for the hunting skills. 

Anyways, so the property you're looking at in this photo is my buddies and while we were here there was no power. We B.B.Q'd on open flame and I played my new guitar for everyone. It was an awesome time. I drank the Costa Rican equivalent to Moonshine and it wasn't bad. Just don't try playing any drinking games with it. Duh. 

So I was jamming with my new guitar and yeah, I'm singing now which is awesome, and my buddies told me that I should start playing at cafes and stuff. Maybe come up with a set list and do an acoustic thing. They were all stoked on hearing me play and I think I'm going to do it. I'll try and figure something out down here to get that going but first is coming up with a set list. 

Finally, I posted some photos at the top and two of them are of the house that I had to take down when I first went up to the earthquake site. These are the only two photos I have from the first trip and, again, I didn't take the camera on the second time but I did get a cool shirt from it. I can't wait to get up there again. Also, other photos are of people I've met and of good times. I hope everything is going well for all of you and I hope for the best. Keep in touch and "Pura Vida!" 

*Literal translation of Pura Vida is Pure Life. In Costa Rica Pura Vida is a way of life. You can say Pura Vida to a complete stranger and they'll smile back. I have not met one person that doesn't say or become stoked when someone says "Pura Vida." It's pretty rad.