Europa San Jose

... in for me. But needless to say I will not be strolling through the neighborhood exploring in the morning while waiting for my friends. My 11:30 p.m. dinner consisted of two granola bars and the curtains don't close all the way. Traveling is such a great adventure.....

Oh and mom and dad, don't freak out or I will start censoring my blogs even more.

Now to go make another attempt at figuring out how to turn the bathroom lights on.

... hungry. We contemplate fast food, and settle on fast food the Costan Rican way .... we stop at a roadside Soda (someone's house) and tell her to bring us whatever she likes. While her daughter puts it together she waves us through a curtain to the back and shows us a pizolte (sp?) .... the cutest guy ever! Kind of a cross between a racoon, and anteater and a monkey .... as freindly as it seemed, apparently it bites, or so the ...

... despite all the rain. I'm impressed because my umbrellas at school don't even last. And while here...I learned to play euchre so now my friends in Michigan won't bug me for not knowing.

So yeah, there has been a lot of interesting things going on and it will be sad to leave them and sad to leave the people I have met here...but I miss being home and I miss normal food and sleeping at normal hours. It was an amazing experience and I have learned so much. I ...

... a drive, boat, another drive, and then finally a 40 minute hike. This lack of proximity to other towns makes it difficult to buy products and sell the plantain and cacao goods that they produce, and is a major reason why Alto Katsi faces economic difficulties. Luckily, the journey featured some beautiful landscape, including steep ...

... sikt ned mot det knallgroenne vannet som fyller krateret. Paa ettermiddagen i dag tok vi farvel med Amelle. Hun har fly tilbake til Paris i morgen tidlig. Vi har hatt det utrolig artig sammen med henne. Har jo blitt saa vi har hengt sammen store deler av turen. Saa naa blir det nok couchsurfing baade i Paris og Trondheim i loepet av 2009.

... a rainbow emerged. I never took pictures of those kids who came by for help with their English homework, or the way the volunteers always arranged ourselves at the dinner table, or the place where we took our laundry. I have a few of the old church with its broken windows and sunken foundation, but they don't do it justice. I got some of the "NO TLC" graffiti in San Jose, but I still haven't looked up what that means. I should have written about the fun we had playing ...

... was signaled by growling stomachs rather than a bell) there was certainly much more order than we've seen so far. (They also knew the "Happy Birthday" song in English, and serenaded me when Bishnu ratted me out.) After observing the in-class exercise and Bishnu's very informative Powerpoint presentation on India, Alli and I weren't totally mystified as to how these kids learn anything. Perhaps when Bishnu leaves at the end of this week ...

... Rachel and Darren were given the upper corner room. Both were great rooms and had plenty of space for us to move around and leave our belongings while adventuring around town. The showers left something to be desired. Water pressure is not something this place had much of. We spent the afternoon hanging out by and in the pool