First Impression

A group of us went whitewater rafting today on the Rio Pacuare. Check out the company's website for some pictures: http://www.riostropicales.com/english.htm It was fantastico! Think the Ocoee only in a rain forest and without all the development.

One thing that was striking was how similar some of the terrain was to North Carolina. Seriously, mountainous with forest and poor people and buses full of tourists driving through to catch the sights and enjoy nature. The same only separated by a thousand or so miles and with different vegetation.

Unfortunately I woke up late and didn't have time to pack the camera. This REALLY sucks because I could have had some very cool shots. Oh well.

Work begins (for me) tomorrow. I might even get to meet El Presidente de Costa Rica.

hasta...

The worst thing about airports...

Is not the screaming kids or the people with burnt out nostrils who are unable to detect their own stink, be it from bodily odor or the perfumers of Paris and New York. No, the worst part of airports is CNN. The endless loops of inane stories about gator wrestlers, Lindsay Lohan, terrorists with cheese blocks, and National Enquirer's stock price. Over, and over, and over, and over again.

It is truly a horror that tests one's sanity. It makes me wish that I could simply blink out into another world as travelers can in one of Ursula K. LeGuin's latest books. Find it, read it, and dream of what airports could be.

Only two more hours until boarding...

Off to Costa Rica

Hasta Luego!

I'm off to Costa Rica in support of the RTMMand then for some R&R. Pictures and comments to follow.

And yeah, the coffee had better be good...