May 2007

Se acabo, no mas y ya, me voy, manana. Thanks for checking in with me and seeing my site, no more to post after this about the trip, although I will be putting together a video of it in due time. Yesterday I turned 26! Yeap, among a plane full of confusion, as our plane was unable to land in Costa Rica due to fog, we turned around and in room 607 of the Marriott in Panama with a to-go box for dinner, chicken and broccoli, my birthday began. I moved into another hotel in Costa Rica, on Copa Airlines´ dime after some ¨discussons¨ took place from a flight I was on before that got delayed. One word: Adventure. I´m back in another hostel/hospedaje/hotel, the defining term for each has seemed to blur together wherever i go. Flight to LAX is tomorrow and then home from there.

over the past 10 days, I have been fortunate enough to start my trip off by swimming with sea lions and i even went searching for sharks--the vegetarian variety I was told! I have been eating 'pescado a la plancha' (grilled fish and rice) like its going out of style. I went into this trip with that sole intention, to eat fish because i like it so much and its healthy, and thinking about how fresh and cheap it is out here, please don´t show me another filet for a while. Linus (Switzerland), The Dutch, Darren and Karen from Canada, Galapagos Intern-Teaching squad and the Vets From MSU, every one of these people have made this trip awesome. And the bonfire on the beach of Isabela was just right, to put a close on a great 10 days under the sun. As for my spanish, if you would have seen the chaos that ensued when we left Isabela, I could tell you that no classroom can teach that, and I am back in Santa Cruz with a good meal in my stomach, a nice room to settle into and so...its not going too bad. From here I will be heading south to Machu Picchu, I am getting excited to see that.