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Day 18: Did a British pharmacy* just change my life?

October 9, 2019 stanleyobando

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(English below) Cuando iba por la Feria del Agricultor de La Unión, un señor mayor, muy pequeño, con una sonrisa enorme y modales de otra época, se acercó y me dijo: "Señora, usted es una mujer de altura, y yo soy un hombre de bajura. Nací a las 4:30 de la tarde y vieras que llegué tarde para la distribución de cuerpos!" Sus risas cuando le respondí que siempre he sido buena para madrugar, contagiaron a todos las personas que estaban cerca. / On my way to the Farmer's Market in La Unión, a lovely, tiny old man with a huge smile and manners from another era said to me out of nowhere, "Ma'am, you are a Woman of Great Height and I am a Man of Shortness. I was born at 4:30 in the afternoon, and wouldn't you know, I was last in line when they handed out the bodies!" (His laughter when I replied, "I've always been an early riser," was so contagious that everyone around us started laughing, too.) . . . . #costarica #costaricadailyboost #descubrecostarica #feria #feriadelagricultor #farmersmarket #marketday #saturday #saturdaymorning #tresrios #thisiscostarica

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Day 25: Tell a friend! I'm preparing a dynamite post for Monday and want to share this extraordinary changemaker's story with as many people as possible. If you're digging the Daily Boost and can tag some friends here to invite them to join us; tell folks about it on your social media (use #costaricadailyboost so I can see it and thank you!); message a friend about it; or follow the page through the link in my bio, that would be amazing! ❤️🇨🇷Happy weekend, thank you for reading and brace yourself for next week - I'm so excited. . . . 📷Prazis Images/Shutterstock #costarica #tgif #weeklyroundup #costaricachangemakers

Day 24: Heaven is October in Limón. It's impossible to overstate the beauty of Costa Rican's Caribbean province, its culture and people, and the nooks and crannies of its coast. If you're stuck anywhere else in the world today, listen to some #WalterFerguson (link in my bio for more). #yoamolimon 📷Simon Dannhauer vía Shutterstock . . . #costarica #costaricadailyboost #travelthursday #travelgram #limoncostarica #puertoviejo #manzanillo #cahuita #travelinspiration #caribbean #caribbeanlife #calypso

Day 23: Toad water. It's one of Costa Rica's most delicious drinks, and no, no toads are actually involved. Ginger is involved - lots of it - which is why this drink makes the cut for #wellnesswednesday - click the link in my bio for more. Do you live for agua de sapo? Are you obsessed with Limón and it incredible cuisine? Do you have any recipes to share? Let me know. (Yes, I know this photo is of a frog and not a toad, but it was too cute to resist.) . . #costaricadailyboost #costarica #limon #caribbean #caribbeanfood #wellness #ginger #naturalhealth #health #canesugar #limoncostarica #bebidassaludables #aguadesapo #thisiscostarica #descubrecostarica #costaricagram #costaricaliving #recetasdecostarica #centroamerica #vidacaribeña

Day 22: Finally, a happiness hack for your toilet (and a purple hack, to boot)... Should every toilet in the world have a poem posted in front of it, to enrich those stolen moments in a hectic day? The answer, my friends, is yes. Yes they should. Are your toilets so adorned? What are you waiting for? Break out your favorites, draw odd looks from your family and colleagues, and create a little respite for yourself every so often. / That's really the extent of this hack. However, I hope you'll click on the link in my bio to read "Purple," the poem by Katharine Zaun that got me thinking about this: I found it posted in a bathroom at the University for Peace through the Global Poetry Project. It's a humdinger now printed out and stuck on my daughter's bathroom wall, as our own "reminder to lay yourself open and sparkle." . . . #costarica #costaricadailyboost @poemsondemand #poetry #katharinezaun #globalpoetryproject #thecolorpurple #sparkle #martesparalasartes #tuesdaybeauty #toiletpoetry

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