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so i just had my fourth night here. what a country. although i have seen very little of it, its stunning!! the monkey's are adorable, the birds are every where (even that damn toucan that won't stick around long enough for a picture. at least not when i have my camera!). the hostel i am staying at is perched atop a hill that over looks a farm and the ocean. the sunset here is amazing. its crazy though. the sun moves so quickly at sunset and when it dips behind the ocean, it stays light.

so far i have sat at the beach, took a nature walk through manuel antonio, walked to the nearby town of quepos and relaxed in a hamic (no idea how to spell that) the rest of the time. ill be in trouble soon as i am half way through my book and steig larsson has stolen my hours from me!! lol

the hostel is quite nice. the people are great and its very clean. im afraid that it will only go down hill from here.

i went to a local gay club tuesday night to see a drag show. hahahaha paid 2 dollars to get in and the very enthusiastic but definitely budget drag queen was good. she only did two songs though :( the club had all of about 15 people in it so i guess a tuesday night isn't the best for a drag show. lol

hopefully today and tomorrow will consist of fishing and surfing

Test blog: the pretrip planning

Well, it's been two weeks of planning and organizing and it's finally coming together. The count down has begun and the jitters are definitely here. I can't believe I has taken me 12 years to do this trip. Hopefully I'll come back with a great photo album, a golden tan and some unbelievable new people in my contact list. (not diarea, malaria and a wicked sunburn! Or worse yet, getting sold into the human trafficking ring, but *sigh* I think I'm finally too old to have to worry about that one. They probably wouldn't want me anyways! Lol)

it's been interesting so far: I got incredibly sick off the typhoid pills, booked, and subsequently paid for, 2 nights in a hostel in Miami by mistake and have discovered my wardrobe is soooo not equipped for Latin American travel. Here's to ensuring a better start on Sunday!

Here is my itinerary so far:

feb 19: leave Seattle and get in to San Jose, costa rica on sun, feb20
feb20-mar 13: travel costa rica
mar 13-16 apx: Nicaragua
mar 16-20 apx: hondura
mar 20-29 apx: Guatemala
mar 29- apr 4 apx: Belize
April 4-10 Mexico
April 11-13: Miami

I'm getting excited!!