Greetings From Outer Space

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This past weekend Sandy and I reconnected in Jaco Beach, and are now staying with Jimena. Sandy is experiencing first hand all that Jaco has to offer... the best is the wonderful tropical climate, amazing landscape, gorgeous sunsets and night skies filled with stars. And staring at those stars, I ALMOST regret not doing what I wanted to do first as a child. Before an artist, I wanted to be an astronaut. I remember clearly the day I rid the idea in my head, maybe about 5 years old. I excitably told my mom about the dream to which she replied "Sherry...you get carsick on the way to the shore, how to you expect to go to outer space without throwing up?" BWOOOOP. Just like that, the idea extinguished. She was right, and dramamine wasn’t around yet, so I pulled out my crayons and colored. I guess this is partly the reason why I find the need to jump out of airplanes and travel around the globe.

-Ending childhood tangent and back to Jaco-

But Jaco also offers endless dog barking, vibrating techno beats, a bounty of MOSQUITOES and many other unidentifiable insects which leave many unidentifiable bite marks, slow internet cafes, power outages (the last outage zapped her ipod, sorry Sandy!), and prostitutes. Sprinkle the town with lots of pot and many illegal drugs and you have Jaco. I have a love-hate relationship with Jaco, but I can’t help but come back to visit. Its like a marriage, for better or for worse, and I did commit to living here 2 years ago for a short while. Now that I am divorced from it, I am left with many “interesting” memories and a few very good friends, including Jason and Rachel, The Australian couple I will be visiting come this Sunday (time is moving fast!). It is nice to be reminded of those, but it is also nice to be reminded that i made the right choice by leaving.

Here are a few shots from Jaco, as well as a few shots from our previous weekend in Montezuma beach, an hour boat ride from Jaco and a much quieter scene.

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