Centro Colon San Jose

... lovely Albergue hotel. We also lucked out and met a French woman who was living in Ecuador, spoke perfect English and Spanish as well as French and German; and was writing for a small guidebook company based out of Quito. She became our translator and guide for the two days we were there <br><br>More Confused History lessons and Geography lesson<br><br>The Rio San Juan was the main trade route for the Spaniards in transporting their plunder from the new ...

... Jade Museum, San Jose´s most famous museum. They had tons of Jade, ceramics, and ancient artifacts. They were all in excellcant shape and it was nice to learn something about the indegionious of Costa Rica. Compared to other Central American countries Costa Rica doesn´t have nearly as many indegiounous peoples and we really didn´t see much of their cultures, so this was a nice treat.<br><br>After the museum it was pouring, yet again, so we ran back to ...

... out of a late morning sleep. The German expat was more annoyed than sympathetic. To pacify me, he called police, who merely suggested I go to Cartago and file a report. There were a few sympathetic observers, but that was it. The police did not come, nobody did a thing. I would have to drive to San Jose to get another top for my car, vulnerable, in the open before the afternoon rains commenced. <br>. I was scared and still shaking but I pulled myself ...

... myself in front of the group inside the Church. I got to meet two people from St. Joseph (small world), and I got to meet Dee and George, a couple that has been living outside of SJ for over 10 years and teaches English 2 days a week at a local school. They were curious as to what kind of materials I use because they use whatever they can get their hands on. My eyes lit up at their question because Lacey and Wendy (past 2 voluteers) both left their ...

... some fried plantains, potatoes and chicken, we got in the van to go to the SCUBA place. After we got all our gear sorted out and packed up we went to the boat. The boat was a little smaller than I was expecting but it worked out very well. we took the boat on about a 20 min ride into the pacific ocean until we arrived at the dive site, right in front of fairly big island. The first two dives were pretty fun we got to see a lot of fish but ...

... four of them and it turns out that they are five times more lethal than cobras so that is something i want to avoid stepping on....not really the way i want to die. For thanksgiving, the american volunteer Kate and I went to Playa Guiones to have a potluck thanksgiving dinner at Emily and Spencers which was really really nice. It was a very random and non traditional dinner including chicken tenders, asparagus, cheesy garlic bread, rice and beans OF COURSE haha ...

... to ship some stuff home. In the meantime, I'll be able to leave the bulk of my luggage at the hotel in San Jose while I travel to Tortuguero, Arenal, and the Sarapiqui River with my folks next week. It makes me sad to think I'll never see most of these people again. I've done a lot of traveling in my life and met a lot of interesting people along the way. Saying goodbye only gets harder, and I still think of people I knew once, only briefly, and haven't seen since. They give ...