Angels Hotel
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VERY late entry!
... like I was at home.
The next day, she accompanied me to my job interview at Idioma Internacional, the English company where she works. I was offered the job right then and there. Let me take a moment to say how incredibly grateful I was and still am for this blessing. It is not every day that you get offered a job the second day you are in a country. Especially if you are a foreigner. I'll explain this in more detail later, but it is a ...
Welcome to the jungle
... as an intern, we had to walk back up-and downhill for 2.3 kilometres. Fully packed and also offered to carry a couple of bags for the heavily packed couple, I got an impression of military boot camp training, and arrived soaking in sweat.
Here I am finally, Rancho Mastatal. I didn't quite realise it just then, but I arrived in a piece of paradise on earth. I arrived in a place that was going to change my outlook on life completely...I arrived home…(nice cliffhanger, ...
Making our way around town!
... usually do, the dancers went out to the audience to go pick people to dance with and guess who the walked strait to? Yup Shawn and I, I don't know why I always get picked, but Shawn and I went up and attempted to dance with the dancers, but I am guessing we looked pretty funny because neither of us are very good dancers, haha but our group said we did good and it was fun. We got some awesome photos up there and we're in great company! Some of the ...
The first few days
... what it is like to live in Costa Rica. Apparently he works on a building site for 11 hours a day and earns $20 and Costa Rica is supposedly the wealthier of all the Central American countries! He tells me that the cost if living is high but the salaries are low and apparently 80% of the CR population are Nicaraguan because there are even less jobs in Nicaragua. This influx of people makes it hard for the locals to get jobs. BUT, the people are happy, ...
I can't believe i'm actually here!
... dad and i went to the bahammas together (which i don't remember that well). i was also nervous about little things like will they accept my suitcase? one of my suitcases weighed 70 pounds (and that was after i took stuff out). i was nervous that i wouldn't get to the airport on time. i was nervous about going through security (who isn't?) and i was nervous about finding my gate. for some reason i always think i'm going to end up at the wrong gate. i'm like that tho, ...