The end of the road..

I regret to inform those reading that I am actually returning home tomorrow about 4 months earlier than planned. There are a few reasons for this mainly financial based (too much alcohol, too many tours, Costa Rica being so frickin expensive etc). I also have a job lined up at home and a potentialy amazing opportunity elsewhere in Europe which would potentially mean I could avoid that job if all works out. I leave with a few regrets, namely not even making it to South America which was my main destination but it will still be there next year and that is a plan for another day. I think I can say that I have done everything I wanted to do in the places I have made it to and so much more.

Since my last update precious little has really happened. I have only been to 2 new places Jaco and Puerto Viejo the rest has been spent killing time and sorting out various shit for coming home here in San Jose. So those 2 places, Jaco is another beach resort a little seedy but its safe to say we got lucky with our hostel which had a pool and a really good bunch of people. Highlights included a bar which had free drinks from 9pm untill midnight, no strings attatched! and my last night where I may have attended the best barbeque of all time, cooked by a lovely Israeli couple who are amongst the most memorable people I have met on my trip and a repeat of this and a week on Tel Avivs beaches later in the year awaits me which should be awesome. I also should mention Pierre, a cynical, sarcastic guy from Denmark who was pricelessly funny and someone you really just had to meet. Puerto Viejo on the caribbean coast was rainy and almost not worth mentioning, the only highlight was bumping into the Israeli couple again and sleeping in a hammock for 2 nights which was an experience if nothing else.

Caroline went home on the 1st and I cant deny this affected my decision to leave, hopefully we will have many further adventures in the very near future and I am already planning for that. Back in San Jose hasnt been anything to write home about other than one glorious day and night spent with Yemima yet another Israeli girl, going to Israel later this year is definatly going to happen!

I suppose I should sum up the trip and its difficult. Its hard to decide whether the people or the places were the best thing but I will go for the people. I can now go Sweden, Denmark, Israel, France, Australia, The U.s, Canada and have a place to stay with a new friend but its not just that, meeting travellers is so much more rewarding than meeting someone in a bar for example. Everyone is up for meeting everyone, the overwhelming majority of people are incredibly nice and I could just talk to them for hours. I have done so many things which I never have before. Some examples are climbing a volcano, surfing, hiking in caves, hitchiking in the back of a truck, sleeping in a hammock and eating sushi. Just for the statistics my favourite country was Guatemala and my favourite hostel was Lanquin also in Guatemala.

I hope I can add some pictures to this when I get home and I will keep the blog going as this journey is not over by any means.

Untill next time then!