Hotel La Rosa de America Alajuela

... to Montezuma. I"ve never caught a bus like this before- there were a bunch of us just standing on the side of the highway, flagging buses down...seems simple enough, and I must admit, it was easy. We drove for about 2 hours until we reached the ferry, then got back on the bus for another hour or so. It's definitely different than what I'm used to here. For one there's an ocean about 100meters from where I'm staying! It's a nice small town, you can walk to everything, but ...

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Today began very well. I actually slept soundly last night and had a warm shower this morning! I also had pancakes for breakfast. When I arrived at my placement today, the children that I played with yesterday ran out to greet me and hugged me. It was such a wonderful feeling. The seven year old, who is a bit lower functioning, hugged me numerous times throughout the day and wanted me to hold him. I gave him lots of love and attention.
There ...

... and the suitcase with all my clothes (which I couldn't fit into my security trunk) were gone.
. I just stood there, incredulous. All my clothes - gone. I had spent the last seven months, in preparation for my move, selecting the perfect travel clothes, weeding out everything but my absolute favorites. I loved my clothes. Back in Montana, every summer I splurged on a really good quality piece of camping equipment. The binoculars would be too expensive ...

... later there was no lovely:"hey, great to see you".. no got to hear " Gosh what happend to you? You look awefull!"... Yeah well I still have some blisters at my arms.. but it´s getting better :)
That day in the hostel I meet 3 Canadian guys who seemed a liitle bit geeky.. but very nice. That night we all tok some beers, the Canadians the Dutch and Adrian the Tico. We had a great view from the open windows of the bar right into the mountains with it´s many lights of the ...

... Like my last class, this class has three students including myself. Its the same girl (Jennifer) as last time and a new boy names Tomatsu. He's from Japan and doesn't speak any English but is definitely better than both us girls at Spanish. If anyone knows any phrases in Japanese please share them with me! This weekend was rather interesting. Our beloved room mate Eric moved out into another place in the city. It was very hard to ...

... comes from taking care of gringos who take medical vacations to undergo elective surgeries - but we had no elective surgery in mind). I called his office number to leave a message about Neal's symptoms. But there was no need to leave a message. Dr Longworth, in spite of being with a patient, answered the phone himself. After a couple of diagnostic questions, he referred Neal to a G.I. doc who would get back to us and keep Longworth informed. A few of ...

... personal venting forum! but its ok, those of you who know me well enough (which i suspect will be all of you), will know that i am simply sharing the funny things. But really, you dont know what you got til its gone hey! i appreciate home so much more now than i did a few weeks ago, and i certainly appreciate the wonder of hot water much much more! What else have i got to tell you anyway?? not alot really, considering my last blog entry was ...

... hvornår kablet stoppede. Det resulterede i at jeg ikke fik bremset så jeg ramte platformen med høj **** og slog mit hovede lidt. Det var på det andet sidste kabel det skete så en af guiderne tog det sidste kabel sammen med mig, så det gik :) Efter det kom vi til det de kalder en Tarzan gynge. Det minder lidt om et lille bungyjump hvor man skal hoppe ud fra en høj platform. Når man så er "faldet" et par meter strammer elastikken så du bliver svinget højt og langt frem i luften. Jeg ...

... time to see Central America. What ARE they thinking!! Yesterday I did my last excursion of the trip to Volcano Poas=the second largest accessible volcanic crater in the world= and also to a beautiful coffee plantation and a waterfall park. The scenery on the way was stunning. Lush green rolling hills very reminiscent of Europe with herds of jersey cows and sheep but also with large coffee and tropical fruit plantations. The ...

... hebt natuurlijk), hoeven we daar niet lang over na te denken. Hanny, Olivier en Kiymet (familie van Eduard) waren met vrienden op vakantie in Costa Rica in dezelfde periode dat wij er waren, en dan moet je natuurlijk iets afspreken. Ons gezamenlijke diner in een pizzaria in Santa Elena was supergezellig, en uiteindelijk zijn we de volgende dag zelfs met hen meegelift naar Manuel Antonio, waar het kleinste, populairste en dus druk bezochte nationale ...