A week's worth of adventures was done. It was now time to work on my tan and get ready for New Year's. Also, the Macha had to get back to work. I stayed a week in Quepos, care of the kind people of CCROBS (Costa Rica Rainforest Outward Bound School) who provided me with food and my own TOMB (more on that later, see below). Getting to Quepos from Dominical involved THE WORST BUS RIDE I have taken in my life! It was hot, the bus was literally falling apart, and the road was very, very bumpy (understatement). It wasn't just bumpy for part of the time, it was bumpy ALL THE WAY, for 3 hours!!!
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BELOW: White faced monkey in Manual Antonio
National Park. I also saw my first live sloth here. This
park was sort of a disappointment for me. I didn't get to
see as much wildlife as advertised. |
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NEW YEAR's EVE!!! LEFT: Toasting up New Year's with the CCROBS gang. Tequila shots for everyone!!! RIGHT: Me and my favorite Macha. Rejoicing our accomplishments from the past week and hoping to do more LOCO adventures in the new year. |
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Time to answer the question, "What's a tomb?"
A "tomb" is the name given for the living quarters provided to each CCROBS employee. You'll see how the name fits accordingly. I had the opportunity to call one of these things my room for a week. And lucky for me, mine wasn't infested by ants or mold, or visited by neighboring tarantulas, or scorpions. I'm not "dissing" these tombs in any way. Mine was actually really comfortable, and I had good sleeps in it. In fact, the Japanese have beds like these in "hotels" where people (stressed businessmen) would pay to sleep in one for a while to escape reality.
But for the CCROBS gang, these tombs were their personal space for as long as they worked there. Just imagine your room at home compressed into a space about 1x1x3 meters. Good living I tell you!
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LEFT: Live photo of the TOMBs, or what I like
to call it, "The Living Morge". RIGHT: A plain 3D representation to help you visualize what's in these things. |
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