"pura vida!"

Everywhere I have gone over the past 3 days I have heard countless Ticos use the phrase, "pura vida!" After doing a little research (thank you google), I learned that while "pura vida" litteraly translates to mean "pure life" (I knew that before the research), the phrase means something along the lines of "cool" and is widely used to express positiveness. That's my history for the day.

Last night I discovered that hammocks are not all that comfortable to sleep in. While I enjoyed the novelty of it, I struggled through most of the evening to find a sleeping position conducive to reaching REM. The sun is also throwing off my sleeping patterns a bit. The sun rises at 6 am and sets at 6 pm - by 8pm I feel like it's time to turn in for the night.

Today it was nice to not be in transit anywhere. I met two girls at my hostel and we rented bikes for the day. We rode about 17 km south from Puerto Viejo to where the beaches are nicer. Enjoyed swimming in the water and relaxing underneith large coconut trees. Planning on relaxing tonight and taking a bus back to San Jose tomorrow morning. Not sure where the next stop will be. Speaking of which, I must go examine a few bus schedules. Adios.