Well, we're living in the jungle. Somehow chanting "the bugs are more afraid of you than you are of them" is not as comforting as it would seem while trying to use the open air bathroom at night. We are in an amazing house, totally fit for the enviroment, but not a very good fit for my somewhat sheltered city existence. Here people are happy to have bats around since they eat the mosquitos. For me, bats "around" is OK. Bats in the house...that takes some getting used to! Here are a few things we've added to our daily routine here in Costa Rica:
1) We sleep in a mosquito net, a lot of folks around here don't use them since there are so many bats...but that thing is my new best friend! When we get in and read to PJ and then turn out the light I can (sort of) sleep knowing that all of the chirping and buzzing and flapping going on will be safely kept away.
2) When we get up in the morning, one of us gets up first and cleans up all the random poop off the floor. Bats, birds, geckos...and who knows what else all leave their "deposits" around so we have to clean up a bit before Pippa can get out of bed to run around.
3) No food waste of any kind in the trash, there is a special bucket outside with a screw top locking lid that food trash goes in. We don't know the consequences of breaking this rule...but I can imagine...so we're militant about this one!
Life here comes with pretty great perks though too...I'll post them next.
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