Aug 30, 2014 | Costa Rica, Time of Your Life
“People often have much of what they need to succeed within them: ambition and the will to learn. This will to learn can prompt them to reach out to mentors and networks. They just have to trust the process. After all, it’s often the most difficult or trying...
Jun 6, 2014 | Costa Rica, Surfing, Time of Your Life
Frothy Miss Frothy-pants. Three years after my first wipeout and I am still am in love with this sport. Head over heels enough that I call my home surf break Tamarindo my boyfriend, Avellanas my lover, and Ollie’s Point my dirty little secret. Crazy...
Apr 30, 2014 | Costa Rica, Time of Your Life
One of the benefits of living in a tourist town is the diverse people that Tamarindo attracts. In the year and a half that I have lived here, I have met people from all over the world with different backgrounds. It is always an easy icebreaker asking someone where...
Mar 24, 2014 | Costa Rica, Time of Your Life
“How old are you?” “How old do you think I am?” Well, if you spent any time with me this past week or happen to follow my pictures on Instagram (@sambatothesea), you probably might answer the above question to the age of perhaps an eight old. A...
Jan 28, 2014 | Time of Your Life
Yesterday I started noticing excerpts posted on Facebook from what I discovered this morning (thanks Ashley) to be a blog post titled “Don’t Date A Girl Who Travels”. The words are beautiful and I am secretly jealous that I didn’t pen this post...
Jan 18, 2014 | Costa Rica, Surfing, Time of Your Life
The ocean is in constant flux, and when you spend a lot of time in it you become like a floating bottle with a message inside; you know you’re somewhere, sense you have a purpose, but you also know that you’re at the mercy of the winds and currents, that...
