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Pura Vida
Day 15.
I've been terrible about writing, but I'll try to
catch up. Today we left Puerto Veijo for Tortuguero. We took a bus to
Limon, which is a "dangerous" port city 20 minutes up the road from P.V.
Then we took a taxi to Moin, just north of Limon, and now we're waiting
on a boat to take us the three hour ride to …
Gracias por Dios que es Viernes
Monday will be Costa Rica's Independence Day, but the celebrations have been going on all this week. Today our class took a break at 9:30 to go watch the cultural performances in the park. Yesterday I taught the students in my study group the colloquial expression "blown away," in the sense of "very impressed." Today it came in handy. A few groups …
A Veces Tengo Miedo del Mar
Some of the girls decided to get up to watch the sun rise today (not me; I only woke up because they were banging around so much; then I quickly went back to sleep) but it was raining at that hour. By the time I got up it was merely overcast, and by the time Lydia got off the phone with Aventuras Bravas, it was partly sunny. Our surfing coach was a …
Despues, fuimos a bucear con tubo de respiracion
We awoke early again to catch the 7:30 bus to Cahuita, where our snorkeling guide, a shirtless, sun-browned, slightly wizened older man named Joseph, met us at the bus terminal. His English was quite good; none of us had any trouble understanding him. He also struck me as a deeply happy person who loved his town and his work. I envied him. The sun …
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... so most people went home by 10.30pm. Nanda, Clem, Chels, Liana and I stayed out until about midnight when all the locals let off fire works to celebrate Xmas. Chels and I also went for a swim in the water fountain.It really was a great night and very special.
Christmas day came and went without being Christmas as we celebrated the night before. Instead we filled the day with activities: white water rafting, and then hotsprings with a buffet dinner there. ...


