costa rica
After changing my mind about 100 times, I have decided to do my book on my passion for travel. I will have most pictures of my 7 months in Costa Rica. I have been photoshopping the pictures for quite some time now. Mostly over the last few weeks. I have missed Costa Rica so much, it’s been good for me to look at all of my pictures. I have over 5,000 pictures from my stay. Although I am not an accomplished photographer by any means, I have been compiling them as interestingly as possible. I made a scrapbook a while ago, but it does not have such a professional feel. I am going to take some of the journal entries I had from the trip and string them through the book (to give a sense of poetic narrative). The pictures vary from people, to places, to cultural traditions, etc. While I was there I feel like a part of me was left there in a sense. I became very close to one family specifically. I still stay in touch with them to this day. The time I spent there was so vital to who I am today. I realized while I was there that the world does not revolve around fortune and status. It’s about finding what is truly important, and the people there seem to have that figured out. Their lives are not defined by their possessions. Their lives are defined by life’s beauty…by their family, friends, and the place they live. Their homes are simple, and they live off of the necessities. This showed me what is important in life, and has given me a new life perspective. I look forward to going back in August, and I have a feeling that I will have a hard time coming back to the United States after my trip there. Mostly my travels in Latin America have given me a sense of global perspective…what it means to open our eyes to something greater, to something outside of ourself.
