I think this is going to be one of the hardest changes I am going to make. While in Costa Rica this change will be easy, because I am surrounded by wonderfully delicious fruit and fresh fruit juice. Pinapples, watermeleon, cantelope, pineapples, bananas, plantains, mangos, etc. I am going to have to learn to hit up the local farmer's market weekly and can or freeze fruits when they are in season, so I can have them all year long.
I have not had time to do the appropriate research to tell you exactly how this is eco-friendly, but...I do know that rainforests have been cut down to make way for banana plantations. Where do you think those bananas go? Some to the USA I'm sure, and they end up in my cereal bowl. So no more banana's when I get back to the states. Also, local fruits and veggies means less trucking/shipping, packaging, etc which all equals more green house gases. Buying locally ensures that the food is fresh, not shipped across the country or flown over continents to reach me. Right now my definition of local will be within the same state, yes I know some states are huge - I may narrow my range once I get better at buying locally and figuring out this next challenge.
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This weekend we traveled to Puerto Viejo- a Caribbean beach in Costa Rica. It was not nearly as beautiful as we expected it to be. The town was run down, dirty, and rampant with stray dogs. We unfortunately were unable to snorkel because the rain that came when we got there caused rivers flowing into the ocean to bring sediment and the water was turbid and too hard to see. Instead we hung out on the beach - which was a black sand beach, they say it's from the lava from nearby volcanos. We swam in the ocean and enjoyed the warm water. Sief managed to get his first really bad sunburn - shoulders and back. I have a mini sunburn on my left shoulder and at my hairline. The sun is so much stronger here and really takes a hit to our winter skin.
Below are some pictures from the trip! Enjoy!
Black sand beach!
Relaxing in hammocks at our hotel!
The HIGHLIGHT of the entire weekend - a wild sloth in a bar at night! Doesn't it look like a small hairy child. It was soooooo awesome and moved slowly. I did some sloth research, but it's late and I have to get to bed, so I will have to fill you in on my sloth knowledge in another post!
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