Cabina Florcita

You'll have to excuse my "I'll write tomorrow" in the last post. Yeah, that never works out like I plan.

For the month of July, we were renting out Cabina Florcita. It's a small 1 bedroom house. There is a kitchen/dining area and 1 bedroom with a small closet and small bathroom in the bedroom. It's very basic. Basic meaning, a few pots, pans, and dishes, a few shelves, and the most surprising...no hot water. Thankfully, the water comes out of the ground cool, so it wasn't like taking a freezing cold shower. It's actually quite refreshing given the humidity and heat here in Costa Rica. Nonetheless, still not the norm for us. While Sofie was feeling sick, I actually boiled some hot water and mixed it with the cold in the kitchen sink so she could have a warm bath. She was very sensitive and I wanted her to feel good. Talk about rustic living! There were no glass windows. It was all screened in to let the cool breeze flow through the house.

Not gonna lie...

The first night we were there, we were not too sure about things. There were bugs EVERYWHERE! But I mean come on, it's the jungle. And most of all it was just lacking that little bit of home feeling that we needed. Which takes more than a few hours to achieve. 

The outside was equipped with a table, 2 hammocks (which were super awesome), clothes lines for drying, and a washer that seemed really lame, but actually did a pretty decent job! There's also amazing plants and animals all around. Once it starts to get light outside, you'll start to hear the howler monkeys. They sound really pissed off, but that's just the way they sound. Geckos are quite common, but they soon became our favorite friends since they eat all the creepy crawlers. 

After a few days, the place really started to feel like home. We realized that a place is a place, and no matter where we are, we are the ones that make it home. And like the song goes...

Home is wherever I'm with you.