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Tico Time
... and Camilla were on french plaiting duty for all of the girls, which became a bit of a must in the hot weather!
At 8:20 Nicky, Emily and I went up to the field where the radio was hanging from a tree to try and contact 0. No luck today, something to do with the sun and/or the change in temperature! Crazy! However, we did manage to intercept Yankee 1 (the other half of Challoner's group- my school) and it was so good to ...
The PPP
... day we took it in turns to be the Day Leader at least once) Then at about 4ish we went to our 3rd river visit to a 3rd different venue. This time we were prepared in our bikinis, covered with a top to respect their culture. It was so much fun as always and we all washed our hair- felt like we were from a Herbal Essences advert- hilarious!
Lunch today was noodles and salsa, and for dinner we had rice with some carrots, onions, tomatoes and garlic sauce- yummy! We ...
Quepos, que bonito!
... we saw an abundance of wildlife. Within ten minutes of entering the park we saw: a three-toed sloth, crab-eating racoon, several iguanas, Jesus lizards and geckos, an agouti (like a big bald guinea pig crossed with a tapir/rat), masses of hermit crabs and several cheeky white-faced monkeys.
- drank rum.
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Letters Home, Costa Rica 2011, Days 1 & 2
... and sunny, although by now it was 11:30. I hadn't even sat down...when I saw him...Jose' Luis, my snowcone drug lord. He looked my way, saw me, and left his cart to greet me with a big hug. He is a sweet older man, who has been providing me with his brand of snowcones for many years. We've become friends. We made small-talk, in Spanish (as well as I was able), and he made me a great treat. He apologized for not ...
The Wide Mouth Frog
Hi everyone, sorry its taken me awhile to write on this blog but I will write as much as I can remember up to this point. The funny thing about travelin is that one week seems like one month. Or at least it can if you are having a good time. So we took a bus from Turrialba to the lovely town of Quepos on the Pacific Coast. We stayed at the wide mouth frog which is a hostel that had a great pool and nearby a pretty bad stretch of beach. However, we came here to ...


