my favorite deadly sin

I did not stop squealing for a long time when I found out about the Sloth Sanctuary in Costa Rica.

Sloth. SLOTH!

Yes there is heaven on earth and I imagine it would be this privately-run sloth camp on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. According to the site, you can VOLUNTEER there (paying $65/day to play, feed, clean up after, and generally loll around in slothness.) Well, you can also stay there as a tourist and take sloth tours but c'mon, don't you want to hold one of these little guys?

Costa Rica has just moved up the bucket list...

In the Peruvian high Amazon with a sloth baby...
could there be more sloths in my future?

contest of the month

Can you explain yourself in just a few words? Then maybe Intrepid's 30 trips in 30 days contest is for you!

Each day in November Intrepid is posing a question that must be answered in 50 words or less. One response is chosen for each question and the winner gets an Intrepid itinerary of their choice (the itinerary is selected when the response is submitted.) It should be noted that since the trips are limited to the choices available on the contest page, you won't be able to win an awesome cruise around the Galápagos Islands... but still!

I've been submitting response pretty faithfully so far but have been looked over for other responses. There are some I agree with (see the lost in translation winner) and some that I certainly do not agree with (why should drinking on the beach win over contemplating the infinite vastness of the ocean?)

Hey, it doesn't hurt to try!

Image ripped straight from the Intrepid site
and does not belong to me in any way, shape, or form.
Ever.

 I'm still hopeful that I can win a trip to Bolivia or - huge change of plans - Malaysia!