H2O.

Day 15 of my freedom and I continue to be a human sponge, here in Central America. A couple things about water in Costa Rica, specifically San Joquin de Flores:

• Unlike Austin water, you can drink it straight from the tap. No Brita necessary! Somehow, their water is truly potable, in the sense that it a) doesn`t stink to high heaven and b) it will not kill you / give you dysentary
  
• There are only hot water taps on kitchen sinks. I`m ok with this, although I am still not used to washing my face in cold water.
• Showers are heated with electricity. I mean quite literally that there is the shower head, with water coming out, and attached to the top is a mechanism with a bunch of wires that heats the water. This seems to violate pretty much every rule we learned in 3rd grade science class about conductors, electricity, and the creation of death, but I guess whatever works....

Speaking of water: tomorrow I´m headed off to the coast for a couple days. I believe the next 48 hours will involve mostly beach, beer and a hacky sack, so I might scratch the bottom of the barrel for posting material. Stay tuned....