Meeting someone SPECIAL...& why THIS is important for EVERYONE (Watch to END) COSTA RICA [Vlog 73]

Good morning! I am in San Jose, Costa Rica for a very special reason I will tell you about. But right now, me and my girl, my bike, we are going to see a friend of a friend because he's going to take care of my bike for a little bit. So that's what's going on for now. Welcome back to the vlog! I'm in Costa Rica and as I mentioned something special is happening and I need to park my motorcycle for a bit. So a friend connected me to this very kind man, Felipe, who offered to garage my bike and have his mechanic take care of her next servicing. By the way, I can't tell you how grateful I am for the motorcycle community. So with my bike safe and sound, I headed to my destination. I'm here at the airport not to fly out but to pick up somebody really special. So my dearest YouTube family, let me introduce you to my mom. So today's episode won't be my typical motorcycle explorations but a glimpse into my motorcycle life that includes the things closest to my heart. So I hope you'll enjoy this mother-daughter duo adventure in Costa Rica. Polar sweater, sweats and sweatshirt to 90 degree Costa Rica. Naturally, we started off the trip with a little Spanish. I wanna learn some Spanish. You want me to give you a lesson? Yeah. But quickly, I soon realized that would become an adventure on its own. Tell me what you know so far. Hola. Hello. What's up? Oh, look at the plane. Already distracted. This is gonna go really well. I think we'll table the Spanish for now. But at the end, you'll see how she progresses or not. We'll see. So now, let's get the real adventure started. So first, we took to the beaches of Manuel Antonio and got plummeted by waves. I'm watching my mom go in and she just got barreled by a wave. And now she's walking back out like she's had enough. She's been in there for like 12 seconds. You got the best of you? Yeah. Next up, Manuel Antonio Park where there was a lot of animals. Maybe we'll see monkeys. It is definitely recommended to go with a guide because it's so much more fun and you'll see so many more animals. They make it like one big treasure hunt and each new animal feels like the next discovery. The best thing about Costa Rica is that the animals really are all around you. But we did not expect them to arrive at our doorstep. Where is he? Two of them. Right outside. Our room is here and the monkeys are here. It turned out that every day around 4 p.m. a tribe of monkeys came by our balcony. Monkeys are back and they're eating the bananas in the banana tree. And we quickly understood why in Manuel Antonio, the locals call them the monkey mafia. Whoa. No. Jesus. What are you doing, you rat? Oh my gosh. Careful over there. Hey buddy. Hey buddy. While the monkeys brought great excitement to our little casita in Manuel Antonio, we also sought adventure in the surrounding areas. Day four. So our first of many adventures was kayaking. You ready mom? Hope so. Today's tour was quite special because we are exploring an area that is only accessible by kayak, which is Costa Rica's mangrove forest. The mangrove forest lives along the seashore and is extremely important in nature as they absorb up to five times more carbon than regular forests. They also protect the land from hurricanes and tidal surges by reducing the height of a wave by two thirds. Clearly mangroves are quite strong and also really adaptable as they live in a mixed fresh saltwater environment and grow their roots quite extensively while keeping their trunks above water to breathe. I didn't manage to capture the footage of the animals we saw and we only barely managed not to tip over our kayaks. Wait mom, don't go sideways. Dump yourself. But we sure did enjoy it all. Perhaps so much so that we decided to hit up a second kayak tour. Although this time in the sea. All right we're on day who knows what but it's our second time kayaking. This time on the ocean. You look like an alien snorkeler. Strange looking fish we found here on this island. For our next adventure it required a little more gear. Lots of carabiners here. Now we're getting a little more wild with harnesses and helmets. Which by the way my peanut head never fits into. Even though it didn't fit helmets were necessary for our upcoming activities. Suited up ready to go. What are we doing? Hiking. How do you think she'll do? Okay here we go. So this weird mother-daughter duo are off to the jungle and about to test our skills at new heights. But before we get to the treetops we encountered your typical amazing jungle treasures. Really smells like a leaf. It is a leaf. Oh I don't know. I guess we're not quite sure but it's not. Are you recording? Yes. Do you like games Tommy? The jungle games? Yes. It's called touch, feel and get. Oh no. There's an animal in there. No. You have to touch it. Why not? Oh my god. No I'll go with a stick. Mom is over here getting high on the amines. Makes me calm. You can do it. Made it. How did you do? Pretty fast. You didn't shock? Yeah I was scared and then I saw that big wood block and I said I'm gonna hit that 90 miles an hour. You know I don't trust anything. That's your problem. Oh. Are they talking about that suspension thing? Oh my goodness. That's our exit. What do you think mom? He's definitely scared. I know that. What do you think? Yeah. Excellent. Oh my God. You're next mom. Woo! Okay. Adios. Woo! I mean, I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do it. You're next mom. We saved the best for the last. Oh, uh-oh. It's 42. Yeah, it needs to go. Did you do it or not? I did terrible mom. I'm looking up. Oh my God. Sit. I can't get up. You didn't hold it. It's a lot. so it became time to say goodbye to Manuel Antonio and before we began to get off the beaten path we had one more excursion which happens to be one of the most unique places on the planet to get to the next destination we hopped on a boat because this place is only accessible by water it's called Coro Vado National Park and you must take a boat to a bay for accommodation and then another boat to the entrance of the park it's fun because you exit the boat right into the water to get to your accommodation so this is not a place to bring your rollie bag nice to meet you another adventure where are we so the reason Coro Vado Park is so special is because it's been labeled as the most biodiverse place on earth it's the largest National Park in Costa Rica as well as the most remote so we were making the trek to this richly diverse place in order to see some animals and let me tell you we got lucky because not only did we see one of its endangered animals we also saw something our guide had never seen in all her years as a tour guide it was hard to film everything but there were so many treasures this tiny tree yeah there are four types of monkeys in Costa Rica and the most rare to spot are the spider monkeys here in Coro Vado Park they are so much different than the cappuccino monkey mafia of Manuel Antonio they only have four fingers on each hand and have these prehistoric looking faces my favorite however may have been the animal that is actually endangered this is a mama type here and her very cute baby both sleeping because they are nocturnal my mom on the other hand had not just a favorite animal but a favorite fact what were you looking for over there poop at night really into their pooping well they poop in the water because it makes them feel lighter when they poop yeah it makes you want to poop in warm water kids have a little bit of constipation just like the tub here well I'm sure you feel better off knowing that fact so you're welcome lastly it turned out we discovered something even more spectacularly rare which became our ultimate favorite the silky anteater it was so small and so cute and our guide had never yet seen its face until today this is only her third time seeing the silky anteater and the first two times she only saw it in like a ball it was the first time she's seen the face out of all the years that she's worked here after enjoying so many guided tours it was time to give my mom a little taste of the off-road adventure oh my god I don't know if I want to do that oh it shakes, why is he getting out? you ready? in our attempt to go chasing waterfalls we came across some typical characteristics of the road that I often find on the motorcycle I wasn't sure what was worse for my mom driving the road itself or imagining me on it with a motorcycle either way I gotta say she did pretty good so we finally arrived at a place called Chontales waterfall outside the town of Domenical okay wait for it, I'm here and guess what I forgot my drone so bad you look like you're popping a squad it is such a gift to be able to share my love of exploration with my mom and even more that she's up for it and enjoys it too we continued our self-guided explorations and found more waterfalls our adventures are far from over but it feels about time in the video where I get a little cheesy being on vacation with my mom has been very eye-opening for me I noticed I get overprotective of her experience just wanting everything for her to be okay and when things don't go smoothly I get upset and try to control things which is not like me when I'm on the motorcycle thankfully my mom remains even-keeled light-hearted and always with a smile she rarely gets angry and I've never seen her be unkind I'm grateful to have her as such a steady example and the more I've strayed from the conventional life taking on the journey of creativity the more I recognize the importance of supportive people in my corner the author of the artist way Julia Cameron tells us that one of the chief needs as creative beings is support and if you didn't already know every single human is a creative being for me my mom has been a steady and consistent supporter in my life even though some of the things I've done and still do like riding a motorcycle in foreign countries may make her stomach drop she never puts her opinion above my heart's desires she cheers me on no matter how bad my creations may be and always encourages me to keep going I am so grateful to have a mom like this and if anyone out there doesn't I can now attest that if you put your heart's creations out into the world you will find people who will cheer you on because I also did in so many of you so a big thank you to my mom and all of you for keeping me afloat so this trip has been really special locking in some great memories with my mom and if you're wondering how she's doing on her Spanish well Hola. Muy gay. Ha. I'll never make it. Hola. Gail. Oh what is it? Chino mucho problema. Cal tal. No? Que? Oh. Que tal? Oh. How do I turn it around? Just turn it around mom. Oh. How do I do this? Point. Point it at me. Not at you. Point it at me. How do I turn the camera?