just a lil' intro before i leave, cause i'm pretty sure i'll be too freakin' busy taking care of preparations to write at the end of this week! plus i need to help my lil' sis move into her new condo....
why i'm keeping a travelblog when going away for 5 weeks only? well, i'm pretty sure i won't live if i don't. somehow people start to worry just thinking about the fact that i'm leaving for costa rica, all by myself and ready for some action/adventure (ok. i admit, i'm probably the last person on earth to be mentioning the need for action since i have the gift of getting into adventures anytime anyday anyways ;)).
i'll be flying from Schiphol Airport on Easter day (i hope we get to go on an egghunt on the plane - otherwise i'm organizing one ;)) 13:40 GMT+1 and will be arriving in San Jose, CR at 21:20 that same night. i'm already mentally preparing for the heat there: it's freezing here! i'll be fine w/ the heat in about a week i think, but one thing that will be a REAL challenge are the bugs that are part of the garden of north america... more on that when i'm there.
and i'm planning on doing...what? learning spanish in heredia, staying at a guest family (hope i don't get beans for dinner..but that's not really possible i heard...), cruuuuiiising the carribean side, couchsurfing (this i'm currently obsessed w/...but i'll prob be too scared to actually do that), canopy tour, check out rainforests, do some surfing, get a panama stamp (or just go there for a few days - heard it's absolutely amazing there), meet up w/ my friend Roosje and have a week of birthday celebrations at the pacific coast!!! and then the usual stuff: getting a tan and scratching my butt off w/ all those mosquito bites...but have that in dutchieland too, so...
so here you go: this is my 'plan' (you all know i don't/cannot plan, but i do make lists ;)). i'm absolutely ecstatic about my trip and will def keep you all posted on my whereabouts and observations!!
