out of contact, out of touch, in touch, in contact

i´m sitting at an air conditioned internet cafe at 830 pm in la fortuna, costa rica. this country has all the goods and niceties that i have been without for so long. but all for the better, do understand.
 
i have much to tell...but not much time to tell right now. all i can do is rattle off the places i visited and activities i did in the past five days
 
- stayed at a hippie commune
- ate homemade Nutella and organic bread
- was serenaded by brazillian fire dancers
- slept in a one person tent on only a wool blanket (in honor of colin)
- went for a dip in an amazing freshwater pool in the middle of nowhere
- took an overnight ferry ride from ometepe island to san carlos, nicaragua where i slept on a concrete deck and got absolutely no sleep
- cruised 46 km down the rio san juan and, after some dillydallying, found the jungle resort i paid $15-night to stay at.
- kayaked the sabalos river for about 5 km through both some virgin rain forest and cow and pig farms. i also saw turtles sunbathing, green iguanas, river otters, many water fowl, howler monkeys and baseball players post-gametime who stared me down the river.
- took a public boat to el castillo, where i met up with a long lost fellow swedish traveler, and we toured an ancient fortress where as recently as 1985 scores of people were killed in battle...and wound up getting misinformation on the public boat schedules and ended up stranded 25 km downriver from my resort. my saviors? two gringo sport-fishermen who just happened to stop off and get some beers. i hopped a ride in their speedboat and cruised back up the river in style, while they fished for the elusive sabalos fish...big ass fish.
 
well, then i took 2 very long boat rides and 2 very long bus rides and now i´m only halfway to liberia, costa rica...where i´ll fly home on tuesday.
 
any questions? just ask. i have to make a 800 word travel article out of this BY FRIDAY. anything particularly stand out?
 
take care all,
i am safe and healthy.
 
ciao
chuck