A couple of days ago

I made a post about traveling to Costa Rica for work:
https://busy.org/@jrb450/off-to-costa-rica

The past 2 days have literally been the hotel and work. This what what I have to wear inside of a class 10000 cleanroom where I provide manufacturing engineering support for a medical device company. Its called a bunny suit and reminds me of what Walter and Jesse had to wear in Breaking Bad:

I've been exhausted lately

as I'm fighting off a bug that has my sinuses plugged an my throat slightly sore. Quick side note that landing sucked on Monday during decompression and I lost hearing in my left ear for a day.

I was really looking forward

to meeting my Steemit friend Hive account@raserrano during my trip. I 1st met him a while back through steemit and liked him right away. He just seemed like a genuinely authentic and nice guy willing to help anyone out. I recall being impressed by his welcoming bot Hive account@tuanis and his tree planting project Hive account@treeplanter, both really well designed and geared toward helping people and the environment. We had been chatting back and forth about my move to Austin and this potential of me traveling to Costa Rica. He was so welcoming and warm that I just had to meet him.

The scheduling for the meeting

worked out well yesterday as today is Mother's day, a national holiday in Costa Rica. We decided to meet for dinner and eat authentic Costa Rican cuisine. See Hive account@raserrano's post about it here:
https://busy.org/@raserrano/dinner-with-jrb450-in-costa-rica-2018-08-15-20-11-10 Since we had never met in person, I said I would be one standing out with my bright red Bitcoin T-shirt. It was like I had known Hive account@raserrano and his wife Rebecca, my whole life. They were warm and welcoming and showed great patience with my Spanish!

Before dinner was over, Hive account@raserrano gifted me two 5 Colone dollar bills in perfect (I mean mint) condition. The story behind them are more valuable to me than the face value of the bills. These bills were collected by Hive account@raserrano's mother and is no longer circulated by the central bank. I find the Costa Rican currency beautiful, and the 5 colone bill is no exception! Hive account@raserrano enthusiastically pointed out that the mural on the back of the bank note was painted by a French person and has all kinds of errors, including wrong flags on the ships and banana's being carried incorrectly.

Hive account@raserrano posted about the Costa Rican money here: https://busy.org/@raserrano/show-me-your-money-6
I found it all fascinating!
l wanted to spend more time learning all about Costa Rica and it's people, culture, and landscape but it was getting late and@raserrano graciously drove me back to my hotel.

Today's adventure

took us up to a working coffee plantation called La Doca, since my work site is closed today for the holiday. It was up a windy mountain road with breathtaking scenery. It's the rainy season here and you can see the rain move in over the mountains and completely drench the city of San Jose.


I learned how intensive the coffee making process really is, and will now think twice about what it takes for my privileged ass to enjoy a cup of coffee in the morning! These are the guys I'm down here with. Do you like my hat?

Time now for a quick nap before I go explore something else. Its back to the work grind tomorrow!