San Jose to Puntarenas

So far I've been in Costa Rica for 5 days.  When I was in San Jose, I didn't do too much.  I more or less stayed in the hotel and chatted up the locals I met there.  I did walk to the mall, but that was just like a US mall.  Unfortunate.   

Puntarenas was much more interesting.  I met a couple of people at my new bar spot.  Oasis del Pacifico!

Great time. The bartender, Caesar, turned on the dance floor lights for us and Carlos, the drunk of the night, was handing out flowers to the girls and dancing the night away. So far so good!

Yesterday marked the official start of the Maymester 2012 Semester at Sea Voyage!
 

After months of planning and preparation.  Lots of cash spent on travel, hotel, supplies and materials.  Days of training.  It’s here.

We are currently en route to Lima, Peru.  More to come.  Stay tuned! 

See You In Peru! Bon Voyage!



Breath of Life

After a night of carousing, I decided to crash at a friend's house rather than drive home. [Drink Responsibly!]

When we woke up, my friend told me that I had very irregular breathing while I slept and she believed I had sleep apnea.  

For the medically uninclined, sleep apnea is a sleep disorder characterized by interrupted breathing during sleep.  Essentially, while sleeping I would stop breathing for seconds at a time over and over again throughout the night.  Think of it like hardcore snoring.  This affects my quality of sleep and, if left untreated, could lead to a host of other health problems when I'm older. 

Well, I knew exactly what to do!  After Googling Sleep Apnea for hours, I discovered that I could either go to a sleep lab and get a SUPER sexy sleeping mask 

"Let's make love, honey"

OR an alternate and less awkward approach is playing the didgeridoo! According to my extensive research, i.e. more Google, I found that playing the didgeridoo has been shown in clinical studies to help ease the symptoms of sleep apnea!  The process of playing the didgeridoo strengthens the musculature in the throoat and the low pitch drone acts like a sensual massage that throats can't get enough of!  I could, essentially, cure myself of sleep apnea and learn how to play a sweet instrument.  

I 1-clicked my way to having a brand new didgeridoo!  Shout out to Amazon!

Let's see is music can soothe the savage beast!