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Published: June 22nd 2015
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Travelling: the best thing that I have ever done in my life. I have already been traveling for 3 months, actually I started in 9th of March. Now this date is like my second birthday...
I always loved traveling but I never did alone. I traveled around Europe with my friends and family, always only for 1 or 2 weeks, usually staying in comfortable, nice hotel.
So why did I decide to move to another country where I don't know anyone or anything neither the language. Far away from my lovely country, Hungary. Good question. If you ask this from travelers you can hear different answers like getting life time experience, meeting new people, getting know more about the countries, the culture or just having fun.
What about me? After couple of breaks up with great loves, I just felt something missing. I didn't feel Hungary is my place where I wanna live forever or where I gonna be happy or where I can find the big love of my life..So where is this place? I still don't know..That's the reason why I started to travel. I wanna find the One: the place where I can be happy! So I've become traveler who just follow the sun 😊
On 9th of March I arrived to San Jose, Costa Rica and head to Pacific Coast straight away to a town called Jacó. I found volunteer job via amazing website: workaway. info
This site can help you to find place like restaurant, hostel, farm so on where usually they provide you free accommodation and food which is awesome since you need to pay only for your traveling.
So I found the place Beds in Bohio in Jacó and I stayed there around 38 days. If I have to describe my life there I can use only one word: craziness...in positive and in negative way as well, like a soap opera. Staying with 4-6 girls in a dorm its just crazy. I felt I am 18 again (I am 29 now..) Drinking, dancing, party every day, guys who can break your heart...beach, surfing and the best sunsets that I have ever seen.
I got 45 days visa in Costa Rica 'cause I couldn't show up any return ticket at the airport (back to Hungary). Actually I was lucky that they gave me 45 days visa and didn't send me back home straight away. It could have been happened as well..
But I learnt the lesson: need to have return ticket (at least "fake" one)..
So after 45 days I traveled to Panama (because I had to leave the country...) to Bocas where I stayed around 6-7 weeks in middle of jungle in a small island Bastimentos, and did the same volunteer job in Los Secretos Hotel. I experienced totally different things than I did in Jacó..no craziness only peace and quiet. Sometimes loneliness. No parties, no crazy things, no guys who can break my heart. But besides I had lots of time to write. Not writing blogs but script (movie), the first one in my life! I love it. But the truth is I know its not a lot of chance that my script ever can be a movie or something so now I am writing just for myself, just for fun. But you know during traveling I have already met so many interesting people so you never know who can be on the same way than you are...
So after spending so many useful and sometimes boring hours in Bocas I moved to Panama City to meet my friends and enjoyed the city again after the jungle life.
I could tell you more about my time in Panama City but it would be too long story. So just couple of things: you should visit the historic district which called Casco Viejo. That's a really nice part of the city: old, historical buildings, lots of restaurants, temple and its really safe place (since the president has residence there hundreds solders protect this area) so you don't need to be worried about walking in the streets alone. And if you are there lets go up to the roof of Tantalo Hotel where you can find a nice bar with a little bit rude waiters but it doesn't matter because the view is amazing you can see all Panama City and the skyscrapers. And if you like mojito lets try the maracuja mojito which is one of the best one here and just enjoy the dazzling view.
Accommodation in Panama City...be honest I was lucky because my friend had conference during that time and he invited me to stay in Westin Playa Bonita which is the best hotel in Panama City (Obama also stayed there before). But I am sure there are many cheap hotels and hostels in the city. But if you have enough money like 500 dollars a night lets stay in this hotel and enjoy the luxury.
So after one week staying in Panama City I took a 16-hours-bus way with Ticabus and back to San Jose, (capital city of Costa Rica) exactly two weeks ago.
The bus costs 55 dollars and food included (departure 11 am and arrival 2 am) or you can also take bus which 45 dollars no food (it departures 11 pm and arrives 3 pm).
So yes, I am back to Costa Rica 😊 and according to my plan I keep going to north (Nicaragua, Guatemala, Mexico). But I am traveler without any return ticket back to my country, so lets see what gonna happen and during that time enjoying every single minutes!
I am just in the beginning of the journey, I cannot see the end but I know where I started and I know that is the best thing that I can do it.
Probably I cannot change the world but seeing the world I can change myself, I can improve my personality and I can be better person.
Every time when I write my blog I would like to dedicate my writing to someone. In this time to my grandfather who has birthday today and who passed away 2 years ago. He was the most important person in my life. I gonna love him and remember him forever.
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