Hotel Green Day Inn
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Alll A Well? Ah?
... not have any Costa Rican colones, we allowed Alonso to pay for our to-be dinner in exchange for the deposit we had paid on the hostel rooms. Upon returning, we saw our "neighbors" who live in a shack next to the hostel. We still do not know exactly who they are and we do not think Alonso plans on telling us – another mystery of Alajuela Tropical Hostel. The next hour flew by because we were desperately seeking the strongest wi-fi connection spots on ...
Safe and Sound
... 8230;just when the company refuses to refund the money to your card I guess. I find it all strangely suspicious. I have never heard of anything like this anywhere I have ever rented a car. But what could we do? We needed the car so against my better judgement we went with it. It is yet to be determined whether I would ever use this company again. But I hear the corruption is pretty rampant so we will see.
We did get an ...
Day 4
... a tangy pear...not to bad.
Today's day consisted of visiting 2 different hospitals. The first was Herrera Hospital National para los ninos (Herrera Children's Hospital) and the other is Clima Private Hospital. What a great experience and these couldn't have been any more night and day.
Herrera opened in the 1950's when there was a huge polio epidemic in the country. There was a hospital close by but couldn't handle all of ...
A million miles away
... Tibas. We took a tour of the village. It was really poor and shocking. At one point we got to a patch of grass, which overlooks the whole village. All the houses were crammed together. The houses were made of metal sheets stapled together and the houses were incredibly close to each other. We were told that it wasn't rare for there to be 8 - 10 people in each house, which is roughly the size of a living room. It was ...
Team arrivals
... into these or any other such animal. You can see from the pictures that everyone is having a great time and we are all looking forward to travelling to our site tomorrow and start work on Monday. We will be digging the foundations for a house for the first day or two - should be fun work, hopefully I will lose a few pounds (have to go easy on banana splits as well ...
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