Hotel Balmoral San Jose

... round. The dry season runs from December to April and is the busiest time of the year with tourists. The wet season, which runs from May to November, is less crowded.

... sexy dance ability and most (if not all) Latino men were great at dancing or at least had rhythm. My thoughts were shattered. There were some foreigners in the class. I mean I was there. I did not expect, though, in my class in San Jose, Costa Rica to be dancing with Darryl from Buchannan, Michigan…yeah…nice.

4. A traditional Costa Rican meal can now be found...oh...right... nowhere.

All I want is chicken, fish and rice ...

... for me. If I was at home you'd have to provide me with a damn good reason to step foot in Mahon Point, so sauntering around a little slice of the US of A in random Latin American cities just don't appeal to me. And Maccas basically leaves me feeling (a) pretty ****** and (b) hungry again half an hour later, so I generally leave them to it. The only plus side to the malls I've occasionaly been coerced into going to are the ...

... so I was excited. Then we went back to the cabins to shower and relax. One of the girls in my group found a coconut and spent all afternoon at our cabins cracking it open to get to the milk and flesh. We learned that the coconut milk becomes the flesh so the younger and smaller coconuts are better for you because the milk has more nutrients than the flesh. My two friends and I then watched Grey's Anatomy on my friend's computer - she hasn't seen ...

... back into the jungle for 8 days of intense fish sampling and general pre-healed adventure. ANAI the aquatic biomonitoring organization I´m working with has given me some incredible insight into aquatic ecology and fish management and more specifically my sole english speaking coworker and quasi-mentor Bill Mclarney who´s one of the most interesting fish doctors I´ve ever met is just an amazing teacher and a hell of a character. The amount of ...

... pool party five stone graduated diamond ring dogpile disco 2000 gold 104.3 fm radio ridges ...

... pesto pasta for dinner and to drink I had some ice tea made from Hibiscus flowers and Lemongrass. Monday Dec. 29 This afternoon my mom and dad and I went to the neighbours house. He is gardener here on the farm. He has a boy named Enrique and a girl named Carrie. They were watching bull fighting on tv. The other children and I played bull fighting outside. Enrique's friend rode a bicycle around the yard and pretended to be a charging bull and we ran around and teased ...

... these types of events for the first time, we were kind rolling with the punches and going with the flow. We were receiving endless calls from individuals and families who kept asking for our plans for the holidays as an organization, so we came up with the Christmas Parties and the Summer Camp in Puerto Viejo. We received a lot of support from ...

... of these adorable baby sloths getting hurt. Is it too much to hope that I've made a difference? In other cute animal news, Anna has adopted a stray dog. She brought dog biscuits on the trip and has been making friends with the local mutts everywhere she goes. But there's one little golden-brown pooch, vaguely resembling a large Chihuahua, that has taken a particular liking to her. She even let Anna pull some kind of moth larva out of an abscess on her back ...