Saturday- 16 hour bus ride, not 13. But it wasnt bad. I know you probably don't believe me but it really wasn't. The woman sitting next to me, Militza ( I put a picture of her on here) was a blessing. Maybe it's good karma because I helped an American girl when arriving to Costa Rica, but Militza stuck by my side and made sure I was safe and comfortable the whole time. We talked and slept the whole ride as we had pitstops and crossed the border. Crossing wasn't s...

Well the trip started off nice and dramatic. Due to a mix up with the times of my flight and the time on my printed boarding pass, I missed my first flight and almost missed my connecting flight. So then I was crying at the counter guy trying to figure it out. The next flight to Costa Rica wouldn't leave until Friday night, arriving Saturday morning, a few hours before I wanted to be on the bus to Panama. So basically the counter guy saved me when he called Denve...

Well well well... after months of planning, researching, learning Portuguese and convincing my friends and family that I'll be fine, it's here! I leave tomorrow. Although I'm a little nervous, for the most part I'm just READY. I'm ready to see new places, learn new things, meet great people and if anything does go wrong I'll just deal with it. I'm somewhat prepared for losing things or petty theft and I'll do my best to avoid it, but truth be told, most things ar...