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Today is the day. In a few hours, I will be boarding the flight from San José to Canada and then to Germany. Seven and a half months have

After La Fortuna, I continued on to Monteverde, more specifically to Santa Elena, which is the largest town in the region. To get there, I booked a so-called "Jeep-Boat-J

After spending 3 nights in Tortuguero, I continued my little journey first by boat and then by minivan – heading towards “La Fortuna” – a small, cozy place that almost ex

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After San José, my first stop on my journey was a small place called Puerto Viejo. In the past, many Afro-Caribbean people from Jamaica came here to help with the constru

The last 2/3 weeks in the lodge were really beautiful. I let everything wind down slowly and finished my last small tasks. Especially in the last week, I didn't work much

My time here at the lodge is slowly coming to an end. To be precise, there are only three weeks left before I leave this place to travel a bit more. It's really incredibl

Short hike

Another month has passed, and although there isn't much to report from this time, I really enjoyed it. June was significantly quieter than the previous months. We even had ten...

Birthday

Living in another country also means getting to know the culture. And it's easy to forget that three months is a decent amount of time to do this, but there’s still so much that...

Currently, I really have a lot to do at the lodge, even though the low season is now very noticeable. Anyway, there's a lot for me to do – the number of guests doesn't really...

The last few weeks have been quite exhausting: worked a lot, then had the retreat (which was a different kind of work – but mainly for the mind), and then worked a lot again....

A significant amount of time has passed, and my last week was anything but ordinary in my life. I had the unique opportunity to participate in a very special, week-long retreat...

A few days ago, Lana's cousin (2nd degree?) visited the lodge with her 10-year-old daughter. They were here for 7 nights, and Lana naturally took the time to spend with them. I...

Recently, I had an adventure here that was all about the adventure itself. I went into the surrounding rainforest for two nights, exactly 48 hours, alone, just with a hammock, a...

A few days have passed since the last post, and I feel like I've settled in a bit more. I explored the area further and made a trail nearby that was actually quite challenging...

I would like to share a little update regarding my sporting activities here. Apart from the eternally long and steep stairs that one must always climb here, I initially went...

Today I really started implementing my workout program: running 5 times a week and at least 2/3 times strength training after the run. Here there are a few machines, dumbbells,...

Today, I continued working with the CRM software, and at 3 PM I finally had free time. There are about 30 of us here, and nine of us went to the beach together. The journey...

Lunch at the “local place”

Now it was time to return to San José to gather the remaining documents and hopefully finalize everything with migration... Normally, the return journey takes 2 days - but I had...

The first week of my time here is coming to an end, and as mentioned in the last post, I participated in a few offered tours. I did the night hike, Corcovado tour, and kayak...

Finally arrived at the Luna Lodge, I can say that the journey here was both relaxing and a bit adventurous. Yesterday, I took the only bus of the day at 12 o'clock that took me...

The third day is coming to an end, and even though I have been enjoying my time here so far, it is anything but relaxing. To put it more accurately, pure stress...

The adventure begins! Transiting in Canada at a frosty -16C. ❄️ Fortunately, a much more tropical climate awaits me in Costa Rica 😬