I arrived in Santa Cruz de la Sierra late late on February 5th, or perhaps early early on February 6th. By three in the morning, I had completed a visa application, paid $135 US, collected my luggage and gained entry into Bolivia. My dear cousins Sergio (Ovando d'Avis) and Yovana (Ovando Eterovic) were waiting patiently [...]
I am, of course, no longer in Costa Rica. I have, in fact, been gone from its fair shores for over two weeks. I would like, all the same, to attempt some consideration of my time there, my January.
I write this first and with certainty: I was home in Tamarindo. My apartment with Sarah in [...]
I miss the sunset, and the sundowners.
I miss the surfing, and I miss two sundowners.
And I'm sorry, Ashleigh, but the mustache was brilliant, and I miss that, too.
We Grupo Did It, Grupo Do-It.
Hold me, Eric, and tell me we can always go back.
I am located presently in the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra in the nation of Bolivia.
The following is excerpted from my real physical journal (Moleskine, naturally), written on the bus from Nosara to San José on February 4th, 2010, resisting the difficulties of dying light and asphalt vibrations:
Crossing the pass to [...]
I am pictured above on the morning of my departure from the United States, on January 4th, 2010. My mother took this photograph in our house in Hamilton, Massachusetts.
I appear to have many possessions with me—two bags-full, in fact—and such is true. I had to choose those items such as socks, shirts, books, electronics, [...]
Go to the Auto Mercado with Arnie. Buy all of their tilapia as well as many other delicious ingredients.
Return home in a taxi. Turn on Paul Simon's "Graceland." Drink some mango juice.
Chop up a whole load of garlic and ginger. Mix in a bowl with a half a cup or so each of [...]
I tend to anthropomorphize those objects of particular joy to me. Some of them receive names; my 2006 Honda Civic goes by SparkleMotion and my new laptop is NightMoose. And, so, I am happy to announce a new addition to my material family and a very welcome traveling companion (though one that will remain unnamed): [...]
