"The Highway Sets the Traveler's Stage"

Well, for the past year i'm sure the greater lot of you have all heard me speaking boldly about getting the hell out of here trying my hand at living in a Spanish speaking country. Setback after setback turned this bold talk into nothing more than a distant dream that one day... far in the future, might come true. After finally getting employed and working the happy-go-lucky ambulance service for the past few months, that distant dream has grown and developed into a reality.

Tomorrow I head to Los Angeles to spend my final days in the United States and depart for Costa Rica on Monday night. Come Tuesday morning, I wil be in a far off land where I will then begin a race that I am very familiar with. The race to find employment. Before that race begins, there will be the seemingly simple task of finding my hostel for the next few nights. I have been alerted that in Costa Rica, street signs and addresses exist, but are not used for directions. Directions are given by landmarks in the general area. To get to my hostel, I have a few names of local landmarks that I am to ask anybody on the street about and supposedly get a finger pointing me in the right direction. We shall see.

If anybody wants to give me a call, wish me well, what have you, I will have my cellphone handy until monday night around 7pm. As for after I am gone, I will try to keep up with email as much as possible as well as leave a detailed description of my travels on this blog. I hope to hear from you guys along the way.

-Scott