costa.

it was our reunion.
me and 2 really close friends were off to our favorite foreign country. where you go when you want guaranteed adventure. guaranteed good time. good weather. we LOVE costa rica. we knew what to expect for the most part. our "plan" was to meet up sunday, looking cute and ready to have fun. i think we all had high expectations. and we tend to get a little too excited, because of course we got our hopes up when we didnt make it on the flight to atlanta.
plan b.
we get on the next day and arrive in san jose around 9pm. we stayed at our favorite hostel...tranquillo! i was ready to play big booty and walk around san jose (trying to reenact the last time we were there), but there was something a little different about this trip. my friends were both in relationships now and they were writing their significant others. which was fine. they are allowed to do that. this is their vacation too. i just found myself getting annoyed and reminding myself that yes, it is possible to travel without your boyfriend or girlfriend. BUT if there is any unresolved drama going on back home..you cant really escape the drama by going to a different country for a couple days. maybe you need to get away to think and clear your head, but if you are going to TRAVEL. to discover. to BE somewhere else. it makes it difficult when you are constantly thinking about someone else. or course this is my opinion. and of course i realize there are somethings that might happen that cant be fixed and are no longer in your control. in which case i just know that it doesnt matter if im on the beaches of bora bora or in the jungle of peru - if there is something on my mind, something going on back home. im not fully there. and traveling is not hard. 80% of your experince is merely showing up (well...and staying). being present. open minded. engaged. and if im not, i tend to completely miss out on what is directly in front of me.