Heredia Hotels - Reviews and Rates

So, I am in my 3rd week of classes. I'm not sure if I said, so I will say again. I'm taking the following classes: Culture and Globalization Advanced Spanish Social Construction of Masculinity Social Construction of Daily Life (gender studies class as well) Social Movements and Development in Costa Rica All of the teachers are very friendly with...

So, first week of classes are over. Overall, I have a good feeling about the classes. They're certainly going to be tough. But all of my professors have had American exchange students before. Which makes sense since I'm taking a lot of international relations classes. American students are fairly common here. It's not like I see them everywhere,...

So I decided to take a quick jot down to Costa Rica for a couple of days. In some ways, it´s like being temporarily removed back into civilization. While poverty still exists in Costa Rica, it is by far the wealthiest nation in Central America. This is likely a result of being extremely stable politically, with a lot of revenue from tourism. At ...

Second day here in Heredia. Trying to meet up with Ollie to go drinking in San Jose. Heredia has a lot of chinese food, (or perhaps all of CR for that matter) which is refreshing. Didnt do much yesterday. Visited the cemetery at dusk, which has a gorgeous view over the valley and sity lights which is probably the rest of San Jose or the suburbs.

I´ve now been out a couple of times with some of the girls from the language school. They are all American. (There is also one guy from Canada who makes me feel a litle less out of place, i.e. he also isn´t an American girl). They are a lot of fun. As I said before they are very interested in the English accent - apparently it´s "hot" and I´m li...

I've made my way to Heredia ready for my Spanish lessons. I read in a guide book that you can see all of the sites of Heredia from one spot on the Parque Central and it is true. The town is soooo empty of anything but McDonalds, Burger King and Pops. I must say that I'm really very disappointed with Costa Rica so far and the description of Hered...