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The Parasite Thing

You might want to skip this. I’m going to talk about poop.

Every piece of literature you read on Costa Rica makes two claims (some make many more, but these two are on every single list I’ve ever seen):

1. Costa Rica enjoys 95% literacy.2. The water is safe to drink.

Number one is false. Not true in any way, shape or form. Ask anyone who has lived here more than six months and spends any length of time outside a casino.

If you mean by literate that a person can identify the letters of the alphabet and write . . . → Read More About The Parasite Thing

Las Drogas

I left the R/L Clinic last night with a baggie of las drogas [DRO-gus, drugs]:

Cefadroxilo for inflammation and pain (not that there is any at all… amazing);Flamydol (or Diclofenaco Potasico) for inflammation;Dormicum – 7.5mg to make me sleep; andLorazepam – 2mg to really knock me out… 2mg. I guess they thought I’d be REALLY wide awake and ready to disco?

I did not take the knock-out drugs. I was never good with drugs – I hate being knocked out. I can hardly enjoy nitrous oxide. Happy . . . → Read More About Las Drogas