Villareal, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. March 2008
When I look out at the people and they look at me and they’re smiling, then I know that I’m loved. That is the time when I have no worries, no problems.
Etta James
White faces are a novelty in places where brown skin dominates. Walking around the small towns of Costa Rica, local school kids were attracted to Elliotte, and were none too shy to show their interest. Neither was Elliotte. The piercing stare of the boy; intensely interested. Or else bemused by the attention paid them by an anxious parent.
Smiles build bridges; a universal language.