Thursday, July 17, 2008

Freddy Vacay #1

hey darlings what´s upits wednesday july 16, 10:19 in the morning, 12 ur time hope all is wellback in the states. i´ve only got a few days left here in costa rica andooooh my gosh it is super super beeeoootiful. you guys have no idea whatur missing out on, sunny skies, the blue-est beaches in the world. i´vehad gallo pinto everyday for breakfast which consists of rice and beansand an egg. also unfortch, i´ve spent most of my savings and have just afew measly dollars left. i´ve yet to learn how to convert the dollar tocolones which is the currency they use here. and no glenda its notsalvadoran colones because <$1 equals like 510 colones. i´ve been in SanJose for 2 days, then we went to this remote town near the Nicaraguanborder and spent 2 days there. private beaches and the rain forestprovided great chances for cool pictures. the car we rented got stuckin the mud 2 nights ago while we were trying to take a short cut back toour lodge. we ended up walking 2 hours to get to the nearest house andasked the lady who was nice enough to let us use her cell phone so wecould call our hotel. the owner, a really nice guy named manuel came 40mins later with a vintage land rover to help pull us out. lets just sayit took 5 guys, the land rover a chain and lots of will power to getthat ugly ass retarded car out the fuckin mud, by the end of it we wereall dirty, i had cow shit and mud up to my knees and I was not a happycamper!! mind you all of this took place at night where there are nocity lights walking thru the rainforest hearing bird calls and frogs andmonkey calls freaked us out!! last night we spent the night in a hotelin Tilaran where we are now. it has a internet cafe which is why i´mwriting to you guys now, a quaint little town on our way to Monteverde.Monteverde is home to Quakers (the religion which is what Travis is) andis also a reservation for the rain forest. i´m gonna do some zip liningand maybe some bungee jumping (yaaaaay!!! i´ll take pictures) and prollysome more sun bathing by Lago Arenal which means Lake Arenal. miss youguys tons...anyway x´s and ó´s

Freddy Costa Rica Reyes

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