Comfort Hotel Real San Jose

... dashboard alongside the window or hang off the outside step. If you want to steal money, have your friend stand in front of the sensor while people get on it will not count everyone. I have seen them both in action…just FYI

2. Bus stops are just a suggestion, not definite.

The first time that I was going to ride the bus two things happened. " Diane" started running to catch a bus (who does that, especially when you have ...

... spanish was perfect).  The food was interesting-had the rice that goes into sizzling rice soup (so its dry but cooked yet crispy) and some veggies and beef. Definitely not the worst Chinese food I've ever had but not anywhere near the best!

Took a nap and hung out the rest of the afternoon.  For dinner we had a bbq style beef with rice and salad/veggies.  They had an ...

... it to our hotel in La Fortuna, close to the Arenal Volcano. Arenal is the most famous, active volcano. It often has mini eruptions and lava flows just about every night. It is the typical, cone shaped volcano so it has become a fairly well known symbol for Costa Rica. We had lunch at our hotel, Arenal Volcano Inn, and relaxed for a bit. It was a beautiful hotel! Then we got massages at the spa which was cool because it was my first professional massage. Afterwards, we ...

... graduate. We met with the principal and he explained how sad it was that so few students would graduate; many finish all 5 years of high school but few students actually graduate. Then, to go to college, only students who officially graduate are allowed to take an entrance exam. Students begin studying in their 5th year to take the exams. There are 3 nationally funded universities in Costa Rica, the UCR (University of Costa Rica), the UNA (National University ...

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... not fun. One beautiful place, however, was owned by the Ambassador from Costa Rica to the Vatican. We had to e-mail him "at work." Unfortunately, he raised the rent beyond what we could pay and asked for a year's advance. (That's how diplomats say "No") A heartwarming incident . . . One real estate agent we had called said that if we could meet her at an apartment complex we wanted to look at, she had several others she would also show us. The first ones ...

... Steven, Ryan (Steven's friend), Jeremy (my buddy), Chuck (my buddy), Rusty (my brother), and Douglas (my cousin), but in the end Jeremy and Douglas had to cancel due to other commitments that popped up. Their loss !!!! :o) American Airlines (http://www.aa.com/) had some really good deals on roundtrip tickets at $220. We became best friends with the bar tender at our hotel and ended up having ...

... be bothered. It breaks my heart. The hour flew by; Alli and I both lost track of time and were late to meet the van that was taking us to the school. We were in Christian's class today, with some apparently more advanced students than yesterday. For our advanced Spanish class, Alyssa and I have a homework assignment to translate a page of Spanish sayings into English. I had it in my purse today, and I thought it would make a fun group assignment, and I could ...

... you go - we first saw it on the wall of the airport as we cleared customs. It's the perfect slogan since Costa Rica is an environmentally conscience country with an outdoor and relaxed atmosphere that will fit anyone's style. With Costa Rica on my life list of places to go I hoped it would live up to my expectations.

... over the river, saw bright red and blue poison arrow frogs, lots of peccaries (which are wild pigs, called "chanchos de monte" by local Ticos), lots of huge spiders pretty butterflies (including the big blue Morpho), and heard howler monkeys (which sound alternately like barking dogs or roaring lions, but are actually rather small), constantly buzzing cicadas, and tropical birdies. But no sign of jaguars, ocelots, pumas, crocodiles, or giant pythons yet. It is so very hot and humid ...