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Costa Rica in a Snapshot
... of tourists. I was particularly surprised here because the first language appeared to be english and everyone approached us speaking english. I was really thrown off as it was the first spanish speaking country that I felt had an overdose of western culture. We would use of spanish here around town and people would respond in english. It was a little annoying because our spanish is not bad after 3 months of travelling. Anyways, its quite apparent why people love ...
Another rainy day
... would have been knee deep in rainforest downpour and mud on the waterfall trail. We eventually just braved the rain after like 2 hours….2 hours mind you of Jym saying "look I think its clearing up". We came back to the room and layed in the hammock on the balcony and watched the rain and clouds and hummingbirds. We have a bully hummingbird who likes to chase the other hummingbirds away. There are 26 species here. It is the only place in ...
Frogs and fog
... I don’t even want to eat. In a cruel twist of fate I brought every possible medicine known to man except a laxative. I even went out and bought Immodium in case the dreaded Costa Rican tropical diarrhea struck!! That’s a little bit of irony biting me in the ass. I would go buy something but it isn’t like I can hop down to the local drug store. Hell I haven’t even been able to buy bottled water…except this overpriced ...
First week of school: almost over
The last few days the internet in my house has not been working very well so I haven't posted any new blogs. It just decides not to work sometimes, but others it works very well. I don't know why! Anyways, school has been pretty good. I wake up around 6:30, shower, get ready, eat breakfast, and walk to class every morning by 8:00am. I think I'm going to start getting up a little earlier to go for short runs to give me a bit more ...
Look at all the greenness!
... it, I am not able to express what I'm thinking about much of anything. I have a feeling my English-Spanish dictionary is going to become my best friend over the next few months. But hey, this will be just another awesome story to tell my kids someday and maybe it will inspire them to keep an open mind and get out of their comfort zones every once in awhile.
Tonight, a girl who has already spent five months here and who knows the area and culture ...


