| For better or worse, man has tamed Mother
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| | road. So did street lights. Bright street
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| Nature in many countries. My general
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| | lights. Street lights that lit up the
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| impression is this isn't the case in
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| | inside of the van.
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| Costa Rica.
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| | And the things in it.
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| San Jose to Carrillo
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| | Cockroaches. Big cockroaches. They were
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| Roughly ten of us had decided to head to
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| | climbing on the walls of the van and
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| Costa Rica for a week to stay at a
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| | across the floors. A few even took off
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| friend's place just outside the beach
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| | and flew from one wall to the other.
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| town of Carrillo on the west coast. We
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| | This is the part in the movie where the
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| flew into San Jose and were supposed to
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| | men, Picasso and I, take action to
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| be met by a rental company representative
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| | protect our female companion, Stuart. Of
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| that had two new VW vans for us.
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| | course, who believes what they see in the
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| As often happens in such situations, we
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| | movies? In our case, Picasso screamed
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| weren't met by anyone much less a person
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| | like a little girl and started stomping
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| with vans. Calls were made but not
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| | on the floor and kicking the walls. I, in
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| answered. Lunch was had. Calls were made
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| | turn, did the ultimate crunch, which is
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| again and finally answered. After a bit
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| | to say I whipped my legs off the ground
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| of "intense" conversation, we were told
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| | with such speed as to make a drill
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| the vans would be at the airport in 15
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| | sergeant weep with joy. I then jumped off
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| minutes. Roughly two hours later, two VW
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| | the bench just to make sure there weren't
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| vans apparently stolen from Woodstock
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| | any of the little buggers in my shorts.
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| rolled into parking lot. The trip had
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| | Stuart, on the other hand, just laughed
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| certainly started on a sour note, but we
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| | at us.
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| decided to cut our losses and take the
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| | Our driver whipped over to the side of
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| vans.
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| | the road to find out what the heck was
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| As we rolled out of San Jose, it was
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| | going on. The other van pulled over as
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| starting to get dark. Unaware that a new
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| | well and discovered they had a cockroach
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| highway had been opened, we followed the
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| | problem as well. We were apparently
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| old route which wound through the
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| | driving the hive around the country.
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| mountains and added two hours to the
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| | After obtaining a little liquid courage
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| trip. Two hours that would haunt us for
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| | at one of the cafes in the village, we
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| days.
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| | came up with a solution for keeping the
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| As the hours passed, we laughed away the
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| | creepy crawlies at bay. More liquid
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| time reliving the past. I was sitting in
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| | courage, drivers excepted. Much more.
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| the back of the van with Stuart, a nurse
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| | New bravery in hand, we reclaimed the
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| in San Diego, and Picasso, a graphic
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| | vans and hauled it to Carrillo as fast as
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| designer for surf clothing companies. We
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| | possible. Picasso danced the cockroach
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| were all in shorts and flip flops, which
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| | crunch throughout the remainder of the
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| was appropriate for the heat and
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| | trip, which made for a messy van and the
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| humidity. How I wished I had worn pants
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| | need for new flip flops. I hoped I was
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| and boots.
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| | imagining things crawling on my legs.
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| As we drove along, we happened to come
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| | Stuart just kept laughing.
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| upon a little village. Little cafes and
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| | Nature is beautiful, except when it
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| stores passed us as we drove down the
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| | ain't!
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