General Ramblings

Finally reaching a point of equalibrium with schedule and caffiene and sleep and relaxation - one day before leaving. Ha. The right way to do this town in hindsight, would be to be here one week - get all the zip lining and surfing and snorkeling and hiking and waterfall jumping and ATV rentals and eco tourism and boat trips done in the first couple days, then spend a good four days just walking around town meeting people and taking 2.5 hours for lunch and playing cards and napping on the beach. There are a couple of activities worth doing here, but Montezuma and probably the entire Nicoya penninsula are at their best drinking batidos in a hammock reading a book or taking a nap.

Also people living in this town have an interesting way about them I would like to get further familiar with - which is probably only possible by spending time in conversation and more conversation. Travelers in general actually have an interesting way about them. The whole idea of being so in the moment that you're really not sure what's going to happen in a week or a month or a year - just taking it all in stride... while probably crippling for a career does indeed have a certain appeal. Probably in that kind of a suspended state of mind could you reach depths of exploration of self that are simply not possible with the cluster of daily activity in normal agenda-based life back home. Also getting that empty minded is a sure path to getting connected with nature and others and a higher power and other energy. I can see the lure of filling that empty mind - I'm as restless (or probably more) than the next guy - but getting open and connected while traveling could be an amazing thing and I see the appeal and I guess what I'm saying is I'm intrigued by the agenda-free meandering I see others participating in.


I have a great video clip of us getting ready to head out for the evening dancing in our cabing acting goofy - but will have to post it later when I can find faster Internet.

Tonight we're going to a fire dancer performance thing with a latin band afterward for a dinner show thing for fiend de ano, and by ano nuevo we'll be dancing in the street with 500 others at the town center.

Tomorrow headed back to San Jose where I'll meet a family friend for dinner then back to San Francisco late Thursday night. Happy New Year!