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Published: August 11th 2007
So the time has come and I have moved away from Costa Rica, my home for the past 3 years. It was a hard decision to make, and even harder to get all of my belongings packed and onto the airplane. Luckily for me, good-byes were not said because in one month I will be returning for one more week in Coco. Prolonging the inevitable I guess (and who couldn't use one more week of diving, surfing and sun).
Most of my best memories can not be put into words or described in with a photo, they can only be felt in my heart,
I experienced many things and met many wonderful people in Costa Rica.
When I first arrived there was only one thing I could say in Spanish, "Soy estadounidense. No como carne pero me gustan las galletas." -
"I am from the US. I don't eat meat, but I love cookies." And now after 3 years, 3 million dishes of rice and beans I can still say, I don't eat meat and I still love cookies - oh and yeah, and I know a lot more spanish.
Enjoy these photos and check back periodically
Dive Site Mooring
Mooring for the dive site "Tortuga" or in English "Turtle". The gulf of Papagayo Dive Site Mooring Project is a project I helped start a few years ago to minimize the need for boats to set achors on the reefs. New moorings are still being made when sufficient donations have accumulated. to this webpage because after a trip to the mountains, Puerto Rico and the British Virgin Islands, I don't know where I will end up next...
Cheers and keep in touch!!
More about my time in Costa Rica: This is an article from when I was working with sea turtles
http://www.tortugamarina.org/images/stories/pdf/tico%!t(MISSING)imes%!-(MISSING)01-05.pdf
PRETOMA website - a great Costa Rican organization that works towards marine conservation. Projects include sea turtles, sharks and sustainable fisheries to name a few.
www.tortugamarina.org
Another article about a beach cleanup I organized
http://www.navegalo.com/noticias/notPrint.php?id=7053&fot0=
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andrea
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We are gonna miss you very very much!... and Felo is going to be very happy when he knows you put one of his pictures in your blog... you know how exited he gets when it comes to watching himself in every single picture!!!!! Take care and keep in touch, it is always good to keep your frinds close... it doesn't matter if they are thousands of miles away!!!! :)