Someone told me that the longest zipline in Latin America was in Costa Rica. I was going to Costa Rica... and there was no way I was going to let this pass me by! It was in Monteverde, home of the cloud forest: dripping, mossy vines that hung down from enormous spindly trees in an acerage so vast that from above all you could see was a ruffled, emerald blanket spread out over the rolling hills. Nothing else. A land of silent, green leaves beneath which a harm...

It wasn't on the tourist map. Infact, it wasn't really anywhere. Just a couple of houses and service stations strung out along the main road running through Guanacaste. She had told me to get off at 'Limonelle'. The bus driver had asked "Por qué Limonelle?". My answer... to be honest, I wasn't really sure. "Ma amigo..." was all I could think of to say. A random lady whom I had arranged to meet at a random cafe to help out at a random international horse race (ev...