I apologize that I haven’t written a blog in a while. I have been quite busy with getting work done that I have forgotten to write. I only have a few days left here so I am going to try to write about my last little adventures. I am sorry if these blogs are a little bit on the short side. The weekend after Steve and I went to Memo’s, we were lucky enough to be able to go to another farm. We were invited my Lilliana, the French teacher at Saint Clare, and her husband to go to their farm [View Full Entry]

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A knock on my door. I stir in my bed. As I rise to greet my mysterious caller I speculate on who it could possibly be. Scarlett Johansson perhaps, clutching a 38mm spanner, a couple of onion bhajees and a copy of the latest edition of Private Eye? My imagination continues to outpace all logical probablities as I visualise her handing over these precious treasures whilst whispering in a breathless voice loaded with festive anticipation "Excuse me these are for you Mr Pushonnorth"... A large cockroach scurries past and pauses momentarily to shake its head, it is almost as if its [View Full Entry]

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Mike and I arrived in San Carlos on Thursday of last week and it seems like every day we’re in this area, the more we feel at home. San Carlos is quite a large area. It’s more like a county containing many small towns such as Ciudad Quesada, Muelle, La Fortuna and Santa Rosa. It’s northwest of San Jose in case anyone is looking at a map. On the way to San Carlos, Mike decided we would diverge from the route we knew and see some towns we hadn’t yet visited. Maps of Costa Rica, however, tend to be a bit [View Full Entry]

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