Beach Break Costa Rica Puntarenas

... break and went back
into town for lunch and tresure shopping.
I had a sea bass filet with rice and french fries. this was cooked in
garlic and butter. very tasty. We then walked about town, found a donut shop
or sweet breads. I didn't taste since I was so full from lunch.
We then walked along the beach front area that had several different vendors selling their
wares and other tourist items. These had some of the best prices
for tourist items so far on the trip.

... with Patrick and Ben for a few hours and had my first Imperial, it’s the favored beer of the locals. Ben did USAC study abroad Puntarenas 2 years ago, he’s 25 and lives in New York. It was really nice talking with someone who shares the love for travel and simplicity in places like Puntarenas and Thailand. Patrick is the owner of the B&B, his family bought it and he just runs it. He is 23 like myself ...

... were breath taking. The hike itself took about 75 minutes with the guide and was about 2 miles of inclines up and down. We saw a jumping pit viper and a baby palm viper as well as come cicada exoskeletons left behid as they grew. Before leaving we saw two large bright blue and yellow Mccaws. Our lunch stop was at the other end of Arenal Lake. More rice and beans, but some delicious mesquite chicken and some home made hot ...

... svært. Vi er selvfølgelig også turister, men efter 2 måneder føler vi os jo hjemme i byen, og så er det træls at de steder man plejede at have "for sig selv" er fuldstændig proppede nu. Vi har snakket om at leje en bil mere ofte i weekenderne, og køre til andre strande og byer, for Tamarindo er alt for turistpræget til at vi kan nyde det - især stranden! Til Maj kommer der RIGTIG mange mennesker, for Verdensmesterskaberne i surfing bliver holdt i Costa Rica i år ...

Well, I finally decided that I've had enough of people telling me that I look "mas guapa" now that I'm "gordita" and that I was "muy flaca" when I arrived, but now I look better. Yes, I know that these are compliments. And yes, I know that us western women have a skewed vision of the perfect body and a warped idea of what the correct weight is. I know that the ideal Tica beauty with big boobs, big butt, and a little extra meat all around is way healthier than the slim waif ...

Costa Rican women love their shoes. And I mean LOVE in a way that even my college roommate, who must own at least ten pairs of cowboy boots alone, wouldn´t understand. These women are obsessed with shoes on a totally different level then American women. We´re talking Sex in the City meets In Her Shoes meets the aggression of those people who get up at 5 am to be the first one inside Target the day after Thanksgiving. Ticas LOVE shoes. And not just any shoes, they ...

I have a great job. Every day I am showered with little gifts from my students - candy, flowers, stickers, drawings. It's great. I always feel loved. But the other day one of my first grade girls comes in and hands me a little puppy. I exclaim how cute it is, as I always do when handed such random things as baby brothers and sisters, stuffed animals, and real animals. But this time when I started to give back the squirmy little thing, Angie shook her ...

While it may seem like the world is falling apart sometimes, what with the floodings, draughts, earthquakes, and tsunamis shaking the world right now, La Estrella has somehow managed to be untouched by it all. In my little corner of the world, surrounded by mountains and forest and morning fog, people talk about the weather, the latest horse purchase, and (of course) Teacher. If there actually was a newspaper in La Estrella the headlines from this week ...

... aren't exactly the newest desks and chairs...in fact I think that I my classroom may be furnished with all the stuff that other people didn't want. But they do provide some of the entertainment that the constantly crashing down bus seats had before. For example, there's the "Anthony Chair" (so named for the bold lettered graffiti decorating the seat) that wiggles dangerously every time it's even touched, let alone sat upon. Though while this ...