The Conversationalist

Oh, what a week! I escaped from the vegan farm, and then proceeded to eat Costa Rican food and watched a spider spinning a web and chatted with a fellow Canadian that wants to take you OUT… Here are seven videos to get you on the road.

A selection of imagines from my month in Costa Rica.

Dear Family and Friends, Sometimes life is challenging. And sometimes life provides the opportunity to sit on a beach for a week while reading classic travel literature and eating locally grown mangoes. This past week involved more of the latter than the former.

Unlike many Central American nations, such as Cuba or  Mexico, Costa Rica’s population never developed a signature rhythm or style that became a major part of the country’s popular music. But that doesn’t mean that Costa Rica is short on talented musicians or romantic songwriting.

[FEBRUARY 14] On my walk down to the waterfalls today, I was suddenly accosted by a loud barking sound. Up in the trees were a couple of rowdy howler monkeys. Clearly celebrating Valentine’s Day. *          *          *          * [FEBRUARY 15] Each day I [...]

Dear family and friends, I’m into the home stretch of my three-week stint on a raw vegan farm in the heart of Costa Rica’s jungle. And what a jungle it is! During my time here I’ve seen a plethora of creatures ranging from the world’s smallest variety of hummingbird to the world’s largest species of [...]

[FEBRUARY 7] Sometimes a beautiful waterfall requires a skinny dipping session. Today was one of those days. *          *          *         * [FEBRUARY 8] Life on a raw vegan farm can be challenging. But it’s all about location location location. *       [...]

Dear friends and family, It’s now been nearly two weeks since my arrival to Costa Rica. My location in the southern hills provides a gorgeous backdrop to this raw vegan cleanse of which I’ve embarked. It’s all very purgative, on many levels. There is a certain pulse to my days here. Each morning, shortly before [...]

As many of you know, I’ll be spending February on a raw vegan farm in the heart of Costa Rica’s Rainforest. There is no shortage of delicious fruits and vegetables to eat, providing ample diversity in culinary endeavours. I’ve been eating fruits, such as the mamey sapota, of which I’d never heard. The diet is [...]

[FEBRUARY 1] The transfer into the organic, raw, vegan farm is quite an adventure that includes two planes, a taxi, a bus, and then another taxi. But arriving to the farm in the heart of the Costa Rican rainforest, is like stepping into a naturalist’s paradise… *          *       [...]

Dear friends and family, It’s been a week of transitions. On Monday I said goodbye to my dear friends at Common Ground Relief. I had tears in my eyes as the plane took to the sky, and I looked west to see the sun sinking over the horizon. It was a sadness of certainty, knowing [...]

Costa Rica is famous for a lot of things: great coffee, killer surfing, kooky animal species and their cutting edge approach to environmental policies and ecotourism.