A Travellerspoint blog

Apr 2007

Arrived in Costa Rica

27.04.2007 - 05.05.2007 sunny
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I got here safe, talk about a long bus ride, about 4 days from Mazatlan to San Jose, and those of you who know how easily i get motion sickness--aha, no more!!!!! I´ve miraculously overcome it, not completely, but from before, pretty damn different. Ill be staying here for the next month, got some spanish classes arranged through U. of Costa Rica and i have a really nice host family to stay with. As many of you know, this is my first time through this region, right now its raining and then changing out for the sun to have a chance, pretty humid. Update on the family..Natalie, Nathan and Aiden are in the process of moving to Glenwood Springs, and thats one great reason to go visit along with hitting up the hot springs!!! -Ahsah!!! My parents are doing great, Dad´s enjoying retirement and taking up archive duties with the Knights of Columbus and for his First Cavalry Unit (Army) along with Aiden duty 3 days a week. Mom is great, pulling double duty with Frontier and at the salon, all those here say the same thing, ´que son joven.´ --And they are, looking great at 28. --Me VOY, que se vayan bien!!

Posted by COnativeJM 30.04.2007 11:15 AM Archived in Backpacking | Costa Rica Comments (1)

Beginning to move

getting there

12.04.2007 - 23.04.2007 sunny
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Okay, so no big headaches so far, things have been pretty good. The family and I just spent the last week in Mazatlan and we did a lot: mexican fiestas, timeshare presentations (aka ´free breakfast), banana boating and lounging around. Aiden was great, i got a new perspective on the life as a parent when he got hungry at 5 or 6 in the morning, still groggy and wrestling to get a strong sleep in, then Natalie or my mom got him calm again minutes later. It was tough to say goodbye, from 6 to solo in minutes and on a bus to Guatelajara, well its part of it. The bus system in Mexico, fabuloso y total sin problemas. Well, i´m in Oaxaca now, and its pretty warm. Hasta la proxima vez!

Posted by COnativeJM 23.04.2007 10:22 AM Archived in Mexico Comments (1)

The Day Before

packing up

12.04.2007 - 22.04.2007 sunny
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Its been a long day, as you can imagine lots of things are on my mind. I got back home from Steamboat on saturday, enough time to unpack and get going to Kindra's house for Easter on sunday. If you haven't seen the family for a while, be prepared, there are tons of new additions to the family, literally! But it was awesome, the food was great and seeing everyone was nice. I've been spending a lot of time watching Aiden, moving Natalie and Nathan's stuff out (they're moving to Glenwood Springs in about 3 months), organizing the things that go with me and those that don't, but most of all I've been able to relax with the family. I'm leaving tomorrow, kind of eager/nervous/anxious/excited and all that, normal stuff. I'm going to make it my focus to eat, sleep and breath spanish over the next several months, less english blogs and emails and a little more espanol...see, its beginning already! I've done my shopping, doing the packing and soon I'm off. I'm going to do my best to keep updated pictures going off this site, I'd love to hear how everyone is doing, and remember, check out the map on my site and wherever my tack is, I'll be. Uncle Bob Maes and I are talking about meeting up in Costa Rica, then to Buenos Aires, Argentina in June or July, if you got some time, give me a buzz via email, see what'll work. -nos hablamos pronto!! --ME VOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by COnativeJM 11.04.2007 11:08 PM Archived in Backpacking | USA Comments (0)

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