Community

The community here is somewhat unsettled. This area, down by the beach, is called "Projecto Americano" for a good reason. People come and go. There are the one and two weekers, nice to say hello to, feels good to share what we've discovered and find out where they're from, what they do. It's a sharing place. I'm not an anomaly, hanging out, with purpose for over a month. There are quite a few people who have found this place,either for the first of dozenth time as an excellent retreat. The yoga students are here for a full month and I've spoken with a few who've extended their stay. Who can blame them?

There are some houses that the expat owners live in, renting out rooms, whole floors or a whole other house on their property. This seems the life to me. Altho it comes with it's problems of unreliable workers, theft of toasters and refrigerators. They are even more subject to the Costa Rican systems than the rest of us.

The cultures here can be divided, not by whence a person comes , but by their pass times. There's surfers, yogies, sightseers, those inflicted with wanderlust, this being only one stop in their life as travelers, some who come hoping to find their niche in this beautiful landscape, and then there's the Lost and found; people looking for healing, a place to lick their wounds.

It's very easy to meet people here. People seem eager to share their experiences. We bump into people no matter where we go. Last weekend it was meeting Dona Anna's helper, Anna and friend, Wantana. Now I bump into Wantana every day. Today, I met a Calgarian, who, with his wife and 5 year old son, has moved here. He shared his knowledge of passion fruit, highly suggesting we go get one off the shelf and eat it, they're that good here. We got one and then bumped into him again outside the store, and he told Erroll how to break it open and bite into the seed part. mmmm.

Turns out Trent is a fireman, a bike enthusiast, and their family buys their fruits and vegetables in a "Box", a form of CSA w/o the work aspect. Small world. Perhaps an interested family in the community garden? Hopefully we can keep in touch.

The community from Nosara (I have decided that we are really not in Nosara, the town proper) is another whole community to discover, but we don't have the time nor the transportation. The Ticos that work her and live up there that we've met, if a good cross section, are great people. There are too many to mention here, but I hope to write them all down at some point and remember something about each of them.

That everyone seems to know everyone here, is very much like the small town atmosphere I've seen where I live. It's comforting to know such good people.