Pura Vida

Hey this is just a quick blog to let you all know that liz and i are on our way home. Liz had the early AM flight and is waiting for me in el Salvador. I fly to el sal at 5Ñ25 on flight 670 and then have a 1 hour layover with liz. We both fly out on flight number 7520 at 730pm and will arrive in LA around 1146pm. Gibi is picking my up, and i belive either nick or Liz´s dad will be picking up liz. So please contact eachother if need be: i had a great day and will blog about it later. My taxi is here and i gtg.

Love you much! gb

Ode from liz

Well well well....the trip is coming to a close. I will leave very early in the morning, but we still have some time here in SJ. What an amazing trip this was. I have to say that the beginning of the trip was a bit of a shock for me. You see, Gema could only catch a later bus from Manuel Antonio, and I was not receiving my email on my phone which died (piece of crap) so I sat at the SJ airport for at least 3 hours wondering if she was coming. Now please keep in mind that I have never been outside the country let alone by myself, and the only places I have been in the US were places for soccer and work, so they were very much on a tight schedule. You may have wondered why we titled our first blog together ¨Together at Last,¨ but believe me I was never so happy to see my friend Gema. Moving on, the next day we went horse back riding. For anyone that really knows me, they know that I am not really a fan of animals (and believe me I am well aware of the character connotations that are often connected to this haha), but these were wild horses and they took us on a death defying horse walk... wah wah wah. Not scary for the average person, but quite dare devilish for me. I also went snorkeling for the first time. I think Gema may have heard me scream ¨Oh God¨ about a million times. haha A fish tank may be where I might best appreciate underwater creatures! lol I have to say that the food and coffee here was absolutley amazing, and I happen to think I have pretty high standards. Well...maybe not haha I think I eat anything. But I have to say that we have met some amazing people and this trip has really opened my eyes to a world outside my everyday. A world without many

Fancy is back

Panamá is a really cool place, and i found that i actually enjoyed the people a little more there than in some parts of the carribean of Costa Rica. Yesterday in Bocca del Torro, Liz and i went on a tour to see the different islands that make up Bocca. The tour guide said that we would see many beautiful beaches and experince the wild life around here. It was an all day thing and considering it was only 15 bucks i was all about it.... That is until i realized the experiencing the wild life ment going dolphin watching for 2 hours. I kinda hate that shit but hey...it was pretty. After looking for flipper and taking a nap on the boat ..we

Ay Papi

So today Liz and i woke up and decided...yeah lets go to Panama. So we quickly packed our stuff and headed down to buy a bus ticket to Bocca del Torro. Its this little place where there are about 8 little islands that

Word to Your Mother

So yesterday liz and i arrived into puerto viejo as you read earlier. After eating the yummy jonny cakes we set off to find a friendwho was in a nearby hostel. Once we finally found the place we discoveredthat thehostesl was quite nice and decided to stay......

Lets fast forward later into that evening we decided to hangout with the kiwi's again andthey asked us to teach them about shizel and when to use this. This sparked probably the funniest conversation i have yet to have with a fellow traveler. First we had to explain to them that snoop uses shizel after every word so please use it as much as you possibly can! then we had to define to them what it ment. The most common way to use shizel is when your agreeing with someone. For example. Thats a nice bike.... "Fo shizel." We then had them practice using the word in the proper context. Imagion 4 kiwis sitting in the room trying to come up with ways they could useit in the conversation. As they sat there and added shizel to everyother word they said, Then i happed to say "word" as agreement to a statment they said. 'Word" when would you use that one of the asked. Liz and i then explaind its another form of agreement. and if you really want to make it really clear you agree tyou wouold say workd to your motha. They then assked wait...is it word to your motha or mother? and for the rest of the night they kept say oh i guess thats a "word" situation now wasnt it? lol add a very proper accent behind this and it had liz and i dying laughing. Quite commical really....word.

The beach is great and we are safe. Love you!

-liz&gema

Jonny Cakes

This morning we arrived in puerto viejo around 8am and went straight to food! we were starving and in some dire need for caffe y comida. So we found this little reggei breakfast bar right off the beach where they were already jammin the music. Yes we are def in the carabean. We ordered plates of food that included these things called jonny cakes which are kinda like biscuts but not and they us coco milk to make it. Delish..... we only have 2 min so this is gonna be a quicky. We are off to go find some friends, lay by the beach and possibly do some kyaking. the weather is a bit cloudy but its still hot. Love lots and lots - gema and liz

Es Scuba Esteban

Scuba Steve! Liz and i went snorkling today in Cahuita. Its very pretty there. The national park is very pretty. I dont have any pics right now cause i left my battery at another hotel but currently we are retreiving it. We are waiting for the bus to come in at 5 and its 422 right now. Is a bit shady here so the hotel said we can stay here till then. No worries we are safe. There is a semi pleasant little market that the bus comes into which is 2 blocks down so when its about time we are making our way there...just dont want to sun bath out there for an hour lol. Anyhow tomorrow we are off to puerto viejo where we are planning to find canyoning or ziplining through the jungle. Its absolutly beautiful out here! the culture is super laid back on the carribean side and tonight we plan on hanging out in a regge bar and have a couple of beers and meet some tourists. We have a cute little hotel with hammcks to lay out on. We plan on waking up really early tomorrow to go for a run through the cutest national park here that follows the water then we will get some crepes and coffee from the little place accross the street. Tia the coffee is AMAZING! I will probably toss my belongings and fill my bag with beans. LOVE YOU ALL! Oh yeah and liz now wants a fish tank for Xmass too...mom dad i hope your taking notes =)