Costa Rica is like chocolate and knives

Who doesn't love a country with no army? Switzerland is to chocolates, army knives (ironically), mountains and oversea bank accounts as Costa Rica is to coffee, surfing, rainforests and probably drugs. Caldera, Costa Rica has charmed me in a serious way. The towns/houses, the people and food, the landscape, everything worked to make it a place where being poor might not be half bad. I rounded up 12 of my new friends and we took off on an excursion called 25 cables over 11 waterfalls tour. The trip has no affiliation with the cruise line so the idea of sailing down 24 zip-lines in a remote area of the jungle with random natives whose only English comes from 80's rock songs feels both foolish and exciting.

At the end of the video, notice me say "Puerto Rico!" I'm often an idiot.



After we reached the bottom of the course we were driven back to the headquarters at the top of the mountain where they had prepared us an authentic Costa Rican meal and enjoyed local brews while watching the sun set over the vast mountain range and vistas beneath us. At this point I feel like a jerk for talking about such a rediculous day, so I’ll interject some mild self-deprivation before moving on:

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You know what’s . . .
Hilarious: trying to run on a treadmill while the ship is rocking badly

Wonderful: the all day ice cream parlor

Negates the other: the first two

Embarrassing: forgetting that there's a running track just outside my window. Many unintentional naked displays.

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And besides…perhaps I’m giving Costa Rica too much credit. I ziplined through the canopy of a rainforest all day. When this is your only agenda…when this is the basis for your entire judgement of a country…good feelings will tend to prevail.