Pros and Cons - April 21st

Pros of Living in the Tropics

• Tropical ocean
• Tropical weather: sunshine and greenery everywhere as far as the eye can see, even when standing on top of a mountain
• Laid back lifestyle 
• Coastal Rainforest
• Early sunrises over the sea, late sunsets over the mountains, both beautiful
• Watching a band perform by the sea with happy hour local frothy foamy beer
• Walking one block to the sea after work, sitting on a rock under two frond-y trees and watching the surf roll in while eating a late dinner, then scrambling down the rocks to the sand, kicking off your shoes and walking into the water, looking at the brilliant stars twinkling overhead in the navy bright-darkness of the sky while seagulls play in a nocturnal aerial dance, the white of their wings and bellies illuminated by the streetlamps and passing headlights of the cars in the parking lot over the beach, the gyrations of the white lighthouse on the distant hill ensconced in rainforest looking over the beach, a guardian of life and faithful watchman by the sea, talking to the sweet German backpacker who’s also wading in the surf, a bottle of liquor in her hand although she’s no more than friendly drunk, inviting you to come join a gaggle hanging out by the giant sand sculpture of Puff the Magic Dragon who is complete with burning nostrils by the rocks under the trees, and hurrying home to beat a huge tropical electrical storm swelling on the horizon, going to sleep in a lovely home by the sea … for a few hours, anyway, before work the next morning by the sea, to begin it all again...

Cons of Living in the Tropics

•           Finding a huge cockroach climbing on your toothbrush. AGAIN.