Obligatory Long Post

I told myself I didn't want to be one of those people. You know the ones who write posts so long that no one expect their Smother (woot, woot to my very own) actually reads the whole thing. But my plan of treating this as a Twitter Blog were thwarted by my lack of internet and few day layover in San Jose.

The flight was without a hitch, I devoured Into Thin Air, sat next to nice quiet people, and the moment I exited the airport there was Dani, Juli, and Maria. We spent the night at Juli's, she's 23 and goes to school in San Jose studying graphic design, she totally reminds me of Cousin Kadi K. Dani is the other daughter, she's great as well and my working companion at the hotel. She has also relinquished her room for me, an act of Sainthood as you should see this dream home I get to live in.

Before leaving San Jose, we hit up Roots, Juli's favorite Reggae club. They all love reggae (puro carribe en sus corazones) and they love the Rasta men. The walls were covered in Bob Marley and the signature shot is red, yellow and green- it's called Shooting the Roots. We also went to a museum on this day, but who wants to hear about that?

Today Dani and I caught a bus to Turrialba, a 2 hour charter bus that I chose to sleep 1 1/2 hours of. You might scoff, thinking I should've stayed awake to see the picturesque mountains and quaint villages, but upon seeing my fellow travelers motion sickness I maintain sleep was the right choice.

So now I am in Turrialba- etimology Torre Alba, white tower derived from the white tower of smoke coming from Volcan Turrialba! Yes, you read correctly, I am residing close to a volcano.

The Garcias have 13 dogs, 5 of which are chihuahuas (did I spell that right?) They also have 2 horses, 2 turtles (both female, I was interested in them have tortugitas) and a parakeet. Their house overlooks the volcano and the city and I will put up pictures soon that can better articulate how unworthy I am to live there.

Hold up, there is a drawback, a major drawback. The spiders here are huge. I have never seen them so big, I feel I am in freaking Jumanji!

Biggest news of the day: Tyler is officially coming in November. We are heading to Manuel Antonio. All are welcome to join, if you think you can hang with the Cacahuates Terribles.