Today I turn 25 years old... that´s a quarter of a century... I´m not going to lie yesterday I had a little meltdown thinking about my life and where I am and where I could or should be.... I´ve been here for 3 and a half months now... I´d say my spanish is still pretty intermediate and my english is probably a little be more confused than normal. I have about 100 bug bites on my legs and a small invasion of ants going on in my bathroom. My host family is really nice, they own 3 seafood restuarants and work super hard. I´m pretty sure my main project here will be working on improving the trash situation in the town and in the river... I´m not exactly sure where all the trash from the beach comes from at this point but it´s definitely a combination problem that if not resolved with impact the communities potential to develop anysort of ecotourism project which is the ultimate goal. My town is really nicely located just outside the national park del East, it has a pretty river, one beach accross the river, and and smaller beach on this side which is kind of isolated from the coast by rocks which make it kind of a inland pool. We also have caves and I´m pretty sure there is coral to be visited. Its kind of like the tourist town that got forgotten by time and needs some touch ups. I´m pretty sure we´re in a drought because it hasn´t really rained since I´ve been here and this is the rainy season... and they say climate change is a hoax...
