Aug
24
2008
Things We’ll Miss
Posted by: elizabeth in Bird House, Flora & Fauna, Philosophy, Puerto ViejoIn no particular order…
In Puerto Viejo:
- Wildlife. Finding frogs in the shower, hearing monkeys howling in the jungle, never knowing what’s lurking in the kitchen sink, huge blue butterflies, dozens of hummingbirds, giant moths, and even molting grasshoppers
- The view of the ocean as we biked down the driveway
- The ice cream shop (it really is that good)
- Being surrounded by the most beautiful plant life ever. The unreality of opening the shutters in the morning and realizing what incredible variety and abundance we have in store for the day
- Picking star fruits off our own tree
- The fresh fish vendor and our tofu man
- The Loco Natural dogs. Come home with us, Rumba!
- Lack of marketing — bags weren’t printed with the grocery store name, zero billboards, etc.
- Horses walking down the beach like it’s no big deal
- The smell of ylang ylang trees
- Hey, we may have complained, but it was a pretty magical place.
In Monteverde:
- Thunderstorms in the mountains. They rock your world
- Cool, beautiful weather and clean, sweet air
- More howler monkeys!
- Cool shops, restaurants, and touristy destinations like the bat exhibit
- The rain forests. The Santa Elena Reserve is one of my favorite places on Earth
In Atenas (we’ve actually been pretty lazy here, so I’m sure we’re omitting something wonderful):
- Mist rising out of the valley in the afternoons
- The best weather in the world. Texas highs in the mid-90s, here we come!
- Our spectacular view of green, green hills
- Dragonflies in every color of the rainbow
- The cool zoo
But oh, how thrilled we are to be coming home tomorrow! We miss all of you more than everything above combined!
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