After being here for a bit longer, our smoothie recipe changed a bit. While our first one was a bit “Canadian” still, this version is much more Costa Rican! Fruits are way more exotic and it changes depending on what is ripe and available at the moment. Here’s one of our favorite! So here are our main ingredients! 1 coconut (we keep that, it’s a must. The water is just delicious is a smoothie!) 1 box of strawberries (we do love our strawberries. They stayed from the first recipe.) 1 fresh mango (no way we can forget our mango!!! It’s …
Smoothie 2.0
How to make the best smoothie EVER
The steps are really simple. All you need is: 1 box of fresh stawberries 1 box of fresh blackberries 1 fresh mango 1 coconut (you want the water in it, not the flesh) Then you blend all of it together and: Here is the deliciiiiious result! It’s 100% natural and you just can’t get better than that.
Chris’ painful coconut experience
Ever since the first day in Costa Rica I knew that I had to harvest a coconut all by myself. It’s been my driving force while here! A lot of the trees are too tall to get at so it was tough to find a low tree that wasn’t already picked by someone else or the squirrels. But, I found a nice hidden tree in the back that had a few. Here’s how it went! Part 1: Getting the coconut down from the tree was painful. I stood below the tree, looking up at the coconut as I swung a …
What I learned living in Costa Rica
We’ve been here for almost a week now and here are the things we learned about living in paradise 🙂 No sleeves and no pants. T-shirts are still too hot, we have to wear tank tops or muscle shirts to survive the day. Pants are also a big no no, except if you want to faint in the heat. Shorts only. NEVER ever leave food outside. Even if it’s in a bag. NEVER! Because you’re gonna get a new friend that you might not like… (Ex: When a monkey wakes you up at 3 am because it’s breaking one of …