Well, it's only been in the works for about 3 months and I haven't been too vocal about it on the internet. Amazingly enough planning has actually been relatively stress-free (it helps that there are 2 of us working on it), and the most difficult part for me has been working at a grocery store for just above minimum wage to save up some cash.
In any case Tiffany and I depart on October 15th from Tampa International to San Jose airport where we will take a bus to a farm in the central valley, "Finca Quijote de Esperenza". We'll be there for about a month on a work trade for room and board. There are goats, chickens, a hydro-electric project, tropical roots and fruits...
In mid November we head to the Nicoya Peninsula, on the North Pacific Coast to an animal sanctuary, "Rainsong". We'll also be doing work exchange there though it will be less "farm" type work and more animal rescue/rehabilitation and grounds maintenance. I may also be doing some grant writing and/or organizational development stuff for them.
Sometime after this we'll be heading to an as of yet undecided/unconfirmed farm or something to do similar things, possibly teach English, yada, yada. At some point (before the conclusion of our 90 visa) we'll be visiting some friends in Panama before we return to Costa for, possibly, another few months of farm/project hopping.
I assume that some where in there we'll be doing some sightseeing and other touristy stuff, you know, since we're there anyway. If you've got any suggestions, I'd love to hear them! We'll be in the region for a little bit, so we'll have plenty of time to check things out all over. We may make it to Nicaragua, Honduras ect, though as of right now it's very much an unwritten book with only the simplest of outlines.
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