I’m back safe and sound from another amazing week in Barra Honda. Not too much unique stuff to blog about that you won’t find in the other four Barra Honda posts, so I won’t spend much time writing about it again. Basically, the people there are amazing and I will miss them so much. That park is definitely where I call “home” in Costa Rica and saying goodbye (again!) was so hard knowing that I wouldn’t be able to even stop in and visit. Hopefully those goodbyes are actually “See you later”’s and I’ll be able to see them again someday.
On the upside, I’m home! After 7 months away, it’s sooooo good to finally see my family again. Thanks to plenty of time in transit between Costa Rica and the US, I’ve gotten the rest of my pictures from the summer posted in a new Facebook album here. This includes my last two trips to Barra Honda and my backpacking trip in Panama and Nicaragua. I also have a couple more blog posts on the way summing up my trip and final thoughts.
Instead of “Most Likely to Succeed” superlatives like in high school, I decided to look back over my summer and come up with some of my own bests, worsts, and mosts from the past three months.
- Best taxi driver: Cristofer (San Jose, Costa Rica)
- Sketchiest place to stay: Hotel Musoc (San Jose, Costa Rica)
- Best adrenaline rush: Ziplining and Tarzan Swing (Monteverde, Costa Rica)
- Randomly friendliest stranger: Andre (bus from Liberia to San Jose)
- Most exciting animal spotted in the wild: Boa constrictor (Barra Honda National Park)
- Best Spanish teacher: Tiki (Barra Honda National Park)
- Best Cumbia teacher: Moncho (Barra Honda National Park)
- Best Arroz con Leche: Meicel (Barra Honda National Park)
- Best sunsets: Tie between Tamarindo, Costa Rica and Barra Honda National Park
- Best hostel: Hostal Hansi (Bocas del Toro, Panama)
- Best food: Imagine Café (Granada, Nicaragua)
- Strangest painted sign: “Please don’t pee on this wall.” (Panama City, Panama)
- Worst border crossing: Panama to Costa Rica
- Best part of my entire summer: Barra Honda National Park