All right!
Where did I leave off... AH yes. Tick infested, rash covered returning from Corcovado. Galen and I headed strait up from 'Port Jim' in the South West of Costa Rica to a small town we called Rivas (San Gerrardo de
Rivas I believe.) It was a beautiful mountain side town with steep
windy roads and fog covered trees. The night we arrived we walked down
the hill in the complete dark with fireflies flashing around us. It was
pretty amazing. The next day we got up early and head out for our 15
mile climb to the summit. Both Galen and I proved to be a little less
then organized in a small chain of events that led to a bit of hilarity
I lost my flashlight
we forgot to get money in San Isidro before heading to Rivas which didn't have an ATM
We forgot to bring food, forgot to get food before the store closed
once we were there and then had to wait to leave in the morning until
the store opened up which put us behind.
But we set off anyway!
Packed with crackers and snickers bars. Round trip the hike is about 30
miles half of which is strait up! We hiked from about 5000 feet to
14000. It was amazing! Stark, beautiful, foggy, wet. At the top we
didn't have the view of both seas but we did get an amazing view of fog
moving it's arms over the lakes and mountains.
The way back down
was pretty funny as it got pitch dark and Galen's headlamp was dying
and he kept covering my view of the light with... yes HIS UMBER-ELLA.
The trail had become soaking wet and muddy and it was pretty hilarious
to be slipping and sliding our way along I fell a few times and almost
fell off the edge. But we finished. 14 hours of hiking.
HARD CORE.
We moved on from Rivas to Dominical. A touristy town on the Pacific coast and I mostly just stuffed my face and sat on the beach while Galen became a professional
surfer. We took a day hike to this place that we thought would have
sloths but no luck. Then jogged to a small waterfall not far away.
Then it was back to Alejuella to watch
TV and board our plane back to the states. Unfortunately Galen's plane
was Canceled and he stay another night in Costa Rica (apparently with
Ms. Costa Rica herself... You'll have to ask him about that...)
AND NOW...
I'm in New York! I leave today for India to meet up with Ms. Carrie Schaffner and I can hardly breath I'm so excited.
So that is the quick summary.
I hope everyone is doing well and can't wait to see you all.
It's official as well- I turned down the Antarctic job and will be staying here in New York when I return...
Heartrl