On Sunday morning/afternoon the mission held a pig roast for the church as an outreach event. We went to La Suisa (about 15 minutes by car) and held the 'fiesta' in the yard of the house the mission's converted into a used-clothing store. A lot of families came and the ladies of course, cooked up a storm. They were all crammed into this tiny kitchen, and took everyone's orders. I had this meal (which classic me, I can't remember the name of it) that was served on a big leaf. It was pork and cabbage and tomatoes chopped up with a [View Full Entry]

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Just arrived last night in the tiny, tiny little town of Cairo, Costa Rica, outside of Siquirres. Cairo is not even a town, I don't think, just one long dirt road with a rafting company's headquarters at the end. I arrived late in the afternoon after a series of long busses from Puerto Viejo, becoming very confused and lied to in Limon, then finally to Siquirres and up to the operations center for Rios Tropicales. I am staying in a cabin with 1 other American, four people from Canada, and one from Chile. We have use of a 1980 Continental station [View Full Entry]

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hello everybody! and so the journey begins. have been in Turrialba since Monday learning spanish at this amazing school run by a dutch lady - after only 4 days i am already beginning to understand much of what people say! no-one speaks english here so we have to make the effort - we have 8 hours of spanish a day which is very tiring but the view is absolutely amazing! If you want to know more about the school here is the website - its worth a look: www.spanishbythesea.com you'll all be pleased to hear that it has rained torrentialy every [View Full Entry]

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As well for bird lovers!!!... [View Full Entry]

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Alright, so I'm not really sure where to begin, the last 3 days have honestly been some of the best of my life. From San Jose, we drove a few hours over to the town of Turrialba, got some groceries, then headed up to our amazing accomodations at the Pochotel, a mountaintop villa with views like I have never seen before! High atop a mountain overlooking several volcanos, this tiny place was just what we were looking for. The restaurant has glass walls with panoramic views of the sorrounding river valleys. We all hung out in a treehouse above the restaurant, [View Full Entry]

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If you want to explore ones of the most beautifull places of Costa Rica where the quetzals are an every day part of the ecosystem this its the place [View Full Entry]

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