Dominical, Costa Rica - backpacker surfer town!

Dominical – a surfer town near Uvita! And wow – I like it SO much more than Uvita – probably because it reminds me of my backpacking days in Greece, Turkey and Israel… all the backpackers were there – with the added spice of them all being surfers… flashback to Will Newitt from the UK and I on our trip spring 1998, when he came back to Kibbutz Dahlia after a detour to Dahab in Egypt, told me to pack my bags because I was going hitchhiking with him and a tiny tent in Greece and Turkey – and I never never never regretted that trip! My only regret, looking back, is never seeing Will again… he was my best friend for so long, and my deepest confidante, and someone I should never have lost touch with! I do think of him often – what an amazing time we had, traveling around, sleeping on bathroom floors, in small lagoon areas, onboard long distance trailers, in tents, with tubercolosis (Istanbul) and in apartments of kind people – I remember sharing a bed with a farmers daughter because Will and I wasnt allowed to share a room LOL!

Back to Dominical – this is what this reminded me of – those months backpacking with Will! I saw all those young faces filled with adventure and excitement, meeting new people everywhere and loving every moment of seeing the world!

And Arild and the kids and I jumped into their life for a few moments, having lunch at a backpacker hangout, walking the beach, watching the surfers, and having ice cream at the local store! And I was back in my amazing life with the three most wonderful children, and a fantastic husband who is willing to let me reminisc about times past with him – understanding all along the memories I have had and how much they meant to me – and still do! 

So we have ice cream and burgers and love life as it is - as fortuante we are! 

 

And Will Newitt – if you are out there and by chance are googling your own name right now – can you just please friend me on Facebook???