At home in Paradise

Today we moved into the cozy little beach bungalow that we will be living in for the next two weeks. This living situation comes with the new job we got doing trail maintenance in the botanical gardens in Puerto Jiminez, CR. We are still out on the Osa peninsula, which is one of the most beautiful places either of us has ever seen. Just today we have already seen Whiteface monkeys, caimains, dolphins, turtles, scarlet mackaws, a stingray, and wild chickens; and it is only 4:30. Unfortunatly, we are writing this on the same computer in the same internet cafe that will still not mate with our camera, so no pics yet, but they are coming, i promise. Over the last week we traveled out to the far end of the Osa to meet Lana at her Luna Lodge. Unfortunatly, she did not have room for any volunteers, but she was kind enough to show us the hospitality of her lodge for a night. It is truly a beautiful place, nestled in the mountains overlooking the Pacific ocean, next to some of the last primary rainforest left in the country. If you ever have a few thousand dollars to spend on a weekend of yoga, this is the place to do it. After we left the lodge, we camped for a few nights right on the beach, and spent a few glorious days doing absolutely nothing but sunbathing, reading, playing with the hermit crabs and coatamundi (tropical raccoons) and eating coconuts off the tree. Everything is falling beautifully into place, and we are super excited to start work tomorrow in the gardens. Our new boss Tom is an old head from the states who was ranked 2nd in the world in warhammer (superdork, we´re stoked!). we are planning on working at this place until Arielle´s birthday when we will go sea kayaking with dolphins. Hope everyone stateside is enjoying all the snow for us, shred that pow baby!!! More to come, thanks for checking in.
James and Arielle

Strangers in a strange land

Well we made it! after several long days of traveling, we find ourselves in a little internet cafe in Puerto Jiminez, waiting on a bus to take us across the Osa peninsula to Carate, where we will make our way up to Luna Lodge, our first destination. This country truly is a lush jungle paradise, and we are very excited to make our first connection. Our first two nights were spent at the Arilapa bed and breakfast in Alijeula, a very beautiful little oasis of paradise located in the middle of the city. we have takin a bunch of pictures already, but this computer does not have any way for us to get them on here, so once again i must say pictures to come... we are feeling very excited, though certainly a bit overwhelmed. this is the farthest out of our comfort zones that either of us has ever been, and mi español needs a lot of work. more to come, thanks for following.
James and Arielle