Castle Tam Hostel

100 metros oeste Escuela de la Roosevelt, San Pedro, Province of San Jose, 1000, Costa Rica | Hostel

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What's with the single banana???

A travel blog entry by costaricamckenn

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... are actually investing quite a bit of money to try and solve this problem because they are losing a lot of revenue because no one buys the single bananas. This is why you might see bunches of bananas wrapped in plastic or a strong rubber band around the bunch. These tactics are usually pretty unsustainable, the less plastic wrapping the better in my book. So theoretically if everyone gets over their fear of single bananas we can eliminate the need for unnecessary banana packaging!! ...

Arenal and last week in San Jose!

A travel blog entry by costaricamckenn

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... and dropped into a small pond where we relaxed and talked to the locals. After we hiked back we ate the most delicious pizza and pasta (it helps that we hadn't eaten since that morning).

The second day 6 of us (out of 10) bought a tour package that included zip-lining, rappelling, and horse back riding! That was also a blast! The rappelling was slightly terrifying because we didn't get any instruction before they shoved us out over the 200 foot cliff!! Lucky for us, you ...

GOOOOOOOAL! x7

A travel blog entry by costaricamckenn

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... time Costa Rica did something dumb, pounding the chair next to him, standing up and thrusting his arms into the air yelling and the classic head in the hands move. But for the most part people were just having a great time!
The vendors sold empanadas, pizza, hot dogs, candy and my favorite, CHURROS!! It was a blast trying to understand the chants as well as the profanity that was being shouted at the team! It was a great cultural experience and fun was had by all!


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First week of homestay and Manuel Antonio!!

A travel blog entry by costaricamckenn

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... us! I usually eat dinner with my host family around 6 but sometimes my mom feeds me around 5:30. We usually watch a game show called Combate together, the show has lots of mini challenges that are generally pretty stupid but we all have a good time watching it together. After this show I retreat to my room to complete my homework.

I have been learning a lot of Spanish while here in San Jose! The classes are really helping and talking with my host family keeps ...

Great start to the Homestay!!

A travel blog entry by costaricamckenn

... Granted, the pineapples look totally different here because they are super fresh and actually ripe!

Tomorrow my host mom is taking Laura (who lives really near me) and me out into San Jose for a movie or a trip to the mall or something! We will see but I am super excited!!!

I will take some pictures of my host family once I know them a little better and it is less creepy :)


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Location

This hostel, located on 100 metros oeste Escuela de la Roosevelt, San Pedro, is near Rios Tropicales, Parque Nacional Braulio Carrillo, Universidad de Costa Rica, and Costa Rica Rainforest Outward Bound.
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