I had a motorcycle accident a couple of weeks ago and suffered a severe gash on my knee. No broken bones, but the gash was severe and probably needed twenty stitches or so. If you are brave and want to see the photo without the blur, you can click here. Other than that, and some […]
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Category: Costa Rica
Kambo: Frog Poison
There are more kinds of natural medicine in our world than we can possibly imagine. Throughout eons of human history we have slowly discovered how various things in nature can be used to help us heal or keep us healthy. Many medicines have already been lost to history, or remain obscure, and thus only known […]
A Turning Point?
Victory! It is rare that justice is actually served, but we just got a good taste of it, and it could be a huge turning point. This week the world was abuzz with the news of a landmark legal victory against Monsanto and their glyphosate product. “Court finds in favor of Dewayne Johnson, first person to […]
Decadent Chocolate
It is interesting how we like to use or hear the expression “decadent chocolate” or decadent anything, to emphasize the idea that it is so amazing that it must be terribly unhealthy for us. In most cases when the word decadent appears on a menu we can be certain that it is indeed bad for […]
Ice Cream & Butterflies
If you were a kid, what would you think of a place that has a dome filled with butterflies and delicious ice cream that is made on the premises? And this is a dome that you can walk into, so that you will be surrounded by butterflies. My friend Lobo, or actually Chris’s friend Lobo, […]
Costa Rica: Day 1
I arrived around 10pm last night. My cousin Chris met me at the airport and suggested that we drive back to his place. It was a 3 hour drive through the mountains with fog and rain, but it was fun. I was too excited to sleep, so I only slept a couple of hours, from […]