Adios Rio! I shall return...

Rio, Rio, Rio.  What can I say.  It was amazing.  I am sooooo stoked that I went, and Eric met up.  We had an awesome time.  Rio got Gaucho'd.  The funny thing is, originally I wasn't going to go to Brazil.  I didn't really have the desire to go.  It was Eric who wanted to head to Rio, and I told him I would meet him anywhere he wanted to go.  Done.  Brazil it is.  Good call Eric.  I love you buddy, it was awesome.

Speaking of love....  we had some awesome beach days.  Since leaving on this trip, I have had an epiphany.  It's my To Do List.  Normally its fluctuating between one and two pages, and eventually I lose one and start over, which is fine because by then I have new things to do any way.  My To Do List has been whittled down to about three things a day.  1) eat something  2)  go to the beach, or whatever  3) what to do tonight.  It's really liberating.  What job?  What bills?  Keys?  I'm keyless.  I don't have a key to anything.  Think about that and try not to hate me...

One of the biggest reasons Eric and I had a blast was because of the hostel we were at.  Walk on the Beach Hostel.  Good times, great people.  To the left is Bernard, the bartender of the hostel.  He is going to University.  That's what everyone else in the world says about going to college... "I'm going to University"...  I'm gonna get that to catch on in the States. 

So I DID end up going hang gliding.  It was pretty awesome.  I think jumping off of high structures and cliffs is becoming a theme for me...  This is me right before we took off.  I'm standing on the launch pad.  You basically just sprint off the edge and start flyin'.  Its pretty much thousands of feet straight down.  We got about 5 minutes of instruction, practiced the "sprint take-off" one time, then just did it.    I should be sponsored by Nike and Red Bull.

One of the best things about bouncing around hostels is meeting people.  I have made some pretty awesome connections with peeps from everywhere.  Plans are already in the works for visits and travels around the world.  Even gonna meet up with some new friends on this trip! 

Life is good my friends, enjoy it while you can...

As you can see above, I get to check one more thing off the list... Mile High Club.  Boom.

So now I'm in Panama City and Mark and I have been having a blast, but it's time to get to paradise and we are not sure where we are headed yet.  There are sooooo many options, and they are all great.  Oh well, we'll figure it out, and I'll let you know.  It's not a bad problem to have.  Until next time.

Hasta Luego,

Jefe