Wow, what a story! After almost 20 years in Latin America, you might already feel more like a Latino than a US dude haha :D I love it man but my stay over there was much shorter. Just 2 years in Mexico and during that time, we also visited a couple of other Latin America countries, including Costa Rica, which has been my very favorite country in the world ever since, mostly because of the incredible nature and they way that Ticos take care of it. If only it was cheaper to live there haha :D

Glad that you have some fellow Hivers around, that´s always nice. I happened to visit a Hive meet up in Krakow, Poland some 3 weeks ago where almost 40 Hivers from all over Europe showed up, it was amazing!