Where in the World?

Hello folks,

Well due to remote locations, rising internet costs and most of all just a bout of lazyness I haven´t written a thing in a long time! I do apologize and I assure you I am not dead. Have been some to some wonderful places since I last wrote, the best on the whole trip in fact. Soo, here´s my update.....

We are in lovely Costa Rica and we just finished living it up on the Carribean Coast in Cajuita, a small Garifuna town. This beach community is known for great Jerk chicken (heated with habañero peppers), coconut milk sauces, curries, red snapper, and gallo pinto. Not to mention fabulous mangoes, pineapples and raw coconut. All of which we found at Miss Edith´s, a famous carribean resteraunt where Miss Edith´s sister is the waitress and her kids run in and out slamming the screen door. It wasn´t cheap but it was really good.

Here in Cajuita we stayed right on the ocean and walked a couple minutes each day on the jungle trail that paralelled the beautiful white sand beaches as they curved into Cajuita point. On the jungle trail we saw racoons, white faced monkeys, Howler monkeys, three toed sloths, vultures, purple and orange crabs, yellow venemous snakes, and a boa constrictor. We also ran into a lot of mosquitos as we went deeper into the jungle so we would walk back out to the beach to pick up the fresh winds that sent the bugs flying.

We were back in San Jose today and it began to rain this afternoon. It is Labor Day in Costa Rica today so many things are closed. We made it to Alajuela just now and I´ve just heard there is no Veggie food to be found! Ugh.

Plan to go to Volcano Poas in the morning, then Mike leaves for home on May 3. Wow, our time is almost up.

My family gets in just after Mike leaves on the third and we will all be here until May 10!

I will be home on May 11, finally after 2 months and some change of travel!

Post more pictures soon--See you all then