Puerto Rico.

coqui! i just heard them for the first time, though it was hard for me to make their birdlike sound out through david's auuuuuu's and ahhhhhh's, because of the mosquitoes. i think they will eat us alive. first language is spanish, but everybody's really really nice and helpful. in new york and chicago they had squirrels running around on every street corner, always just hiding behind the tree trunks when you approached them. here in puerto rico, they have all sorts of tiny lizards, doing the exact same thing. it is really humid and hot here. it's doesn't really cool off at night, either. and i asked for some other cities, and directions, and everything seems to be just 15 minutes away. it was a great thing to come here.

love, agnes.