So far one observation I have made while travelling in Central America is that you have to be able to trust people easily, however you have to be sharp in judgement because people will take advantage of you to make a buck.
The first week was easy, I had a group of Salesforce nerds to hang out with and never thought about trust issues because we had our team leads kept an eye on us and organized our days.
I bussed 2.5 hours to Bocas with a family who was part of my volunteer group. I also met a nice American lady on the bus so I had a few people to meet up with for drinks and such. I also met a crew from a $20 million dollar yacht that was about my age and loved to drink.
So it was nice to have some company while I visited a strange and wonderful paradise. I trusted these people because I had to...but also I could read them quite well and they were all lovely people. I also met 2 locals who showed me around Bocastown One of them was a cab driver and they showed me around for a couple hours. I paid them for their time and then saw them a few more times on the trip. At first it was difficult to trust these guys, but over a few conversations I knew they were good people just trying to make a living.
For the past 3 nights I stayed at a beautiful cabina just outside Dominical with a really pleasant Polish woman. I was the only guest on her property and there was no internet so I had lots of time to myself. Sabina was easy to trust because she knew everyone in Dominical and she always handed me off to people who made sure I had a great time and would arrange for transportation to get me back to her cabina in the jungle. Today I took a bus from Dominical to Quepos then to Jaco. The ride was about 3 hours in total without issue but now I find myself in an empty hotel with a German man, bartender and cleaning lady. I met a couple from Belgium who spoke broken English and a local lady at the beach. I'm sure I will make more friends tonite and this weekend.
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