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How long are you staying down there? What happens when you come back and have no money and no job? What happens when your girlfriend falls in love with a Costa Rican farmer and they start a family? What do you do after work every day if you have no money to spend?
Quote from: Doctor Handsome on March 25, 2008, 02:19:42 PMExpand QuoteHow long are you staying down there? What happens when you come back and have no money and no job? What happens when your girlfriend falls in love with a Costa Rican farmer and they start a family? What do you do after work every day if you have no money to spend? [close]Stayin till mid august. We each have a few G's saved up for the trip so without paying room and board to worry about there'll be fun to be had. We'll probably move in with either her parents or mine for a bit when we get back until we find jobs. Also most of the places we'll be staying (definitely the first place) are run/staffed by ex-pat american/european hippies so i'm not to worried about the brown Adonis stealing my girlfriend factor.
How long are you staying down there? What happens when you come back and have no money and no job? What happens when your girlfriend falls in love with a Costa Rican farmer and they start a family? What do you do after work every day if you have no money to spend? [close]
Well my girlfriend and I quit our jobs a week and a half ago and after tying up a few loose ends we're on our way down to costa rica next month to volunteer on organic farms till August. I'm equal parts stoked and terrified. We aren't getting paid but we live and eat for free and work mon-fri 7am-noon which sounds pretty fucking excellent to me. I love being out in nature and i'm into the idea of a healthier life full of real food and fewer of the poisons with which i assault my body on a daily basis, but i'm also wondering what the partial disconnect from the modern world and media is going to do to my nerdy-ass, pop culture dependent psyche. Also a bit concerned about how well my 2 years of B-'s in college spanish is going to serve me. My girlfriend speaks pretty decent spanish though and they speak english at most of the places we'll be staying so it shouldn't be too bad... hopefully.Guess i just wanted to vent a little stokedness and anxiety. I'd also thank all of you for making the past year of my life couped up in an office building under neon lights tolerable. I probably won't be missed much since i average like one post every two or three days, but i'll have limited internet access and will share interesting photos/experiences if anybody's interested.I was also wondering if anyone around here has spent any time down there and has any recommendations as to what to bring/expect. I'm going to be carrying my entire life on my back but i'm pretty sure i can cram a dissassembled board and a pair of half cabs in there if anybody knows what the skateboarding situation is like.Keep slappin'... Keep livin'-AL