*Photo by Colt Fetters http://www.coltfetters.com On Sticking Out So I finally got to dip my toes into experiencing another country alone. Granted it’s the small and safe town of Puerto Jimenez and it’s only for a couple hours. I am sitting here at Monka Coffe Shop reflecting on my last few hours of solo wandering. […]
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Hitting a Wall There comes a point in everyone’s travels where you hit this wall, like what in the eff am I doing. Mine came quicker than I expected but I realized I have been couped up in one resort for 10 days. I love Blue Osa, it is beautiful and exactly what I need […]
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Progress, progress, progress. But where’s the Passion? Lately I have been fully absorbed with reading about how to improve my blog, what plug-ins to install, how to get more readers, how to get more followers on facebook, and twitter, how to even utilize twitter. And I started developing these negative feelings towards my blog. My […]
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If you read my blog Light My Way: What Getting Up at Sunrise is Teaching Me, then you know how powerful it can be to experience the first light of day. I have created a video to show you for yourself what it is like. This is a virtual sunrise on the beach of […]
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This is a short, simple video of the chaos, the tedious moments of waiting, and the excitement of international traveling. It begins packing in rainy Seattle, and end with sunrise on the beach in Costa Rica. This is how I met Costa Rica and how I started to fall in love with a country. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRyGT5mrHno&feature=youtu.be […]
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The Morning Light The sun rises and sets at 6:00 this close to the equator. It resets your biological clock to a very primitive mode and your body absorbs the energy of the sun’s time as it’s own. Waking up at 5:00am feels natural, like my body had been craving this organic experience of living […]
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The Journey My journey to the Penisula de Osa began in cold and rainy Seattle. Three flights, 8 hours of layovers, 2 hours of sleep, 1 amazingly bumpy jeep ride, and less than 24 hours later I have landed myself in a place that turned out to be better than expected. I arrived in San […]
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If anyone has been living under a rock lately the Pacific Northwest has been getting dumped on! Stevens Pass has received 29″ in that last 48 hours, Crystal has received 54″ in the last 72 hours, Snoqualmie Pass has received 24″ in the last 48. I don’t even remember my last powder day before this […]
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It’s official. I am moving to the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica. I have spent days of my life dreaming of traveling and seeing the world as I know many have. I started researching if it was actually possible for me to and found so many exciting opportunities, and I just started applying everywhere, before […]
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The New Year Something I have rediscovered lately is that insatiable need for adventure and connection with nature. Not that I don’t feel that burning desire all the time, but I rediscovered how important it is for me to get outside, move my body, let go and have fun even in the dead of […]
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