Hi all, Apparently I’ll always write ‘it was a long trip by bus” on my posts. I think that in this trip most of the time we will be on the bus going somewhere or trying to get somewhere. Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui is really green. I'm loving to hear the birds and it's a quite place comparing with San José. I already saw toucans, woodpeckers and a lot of birds on the garden of the hostel. There isn’t much to see here but I decided to go in a tour to the national park not far from the hostel. The [View Full Entry]

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Megan and I went on a great rafting trip with 11 of the other teachers from school. It was an exhilarating trip during rainy season here in Costa Rica. The river Paquare is supposedly classified as class 3 and 4 rapids with 5 being the highest on the scale. I am have no idea if the rapids were that big but they were definitely big enough for us. We stopped half way and had lunch and then finished dog-tired ready to collapse and go to bed early. The section of river we ran was quite remote and wildlife was plentiful. We [View Full Entry]

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sorry i havent published any blogs recently, but weve been veryy busy..so where did i leave off?? well i cant remember so ill start with friday. so as usual i had school from 8-12, schools a drag but its okay im learning alot. then we all had lunch at the usual spot, called fresas. after lunch the bus picked us up at school and we drove for about an hour n a half to go waterfall rappelling. if youve seen those movies where the swat teams rappell down from tall building with harnesses around, then u know what rappeling is..at first [View Full Entry]

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Hoy fue un buen dia, despues de acostar, yo comi el desayuno, me bane y entonces fui a la casa de allen. lol okay ill stop, well today we went to see another volcano, but this time we weer able to get a closer look. unfortunetley there was fog everywhere and rained like crazy, again. but we were still able to see it when it cleared up, but only for a few seconds. the bus ride back had so much laughs, we played a game called " i like my women like i like my..." and someone has to finish the [View Full Entry]

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So yesterday was johnnys bday and to celebrate we all went to a bar and played pool and stuff. this morning i woke up kind of late, my tica mom had to wake me up. for breakfast i had eggs with toast, even though i dont like eggs, it was actually pretty good. so me allen, kelly and liz met at allens house to walk to school because we all live pretty far from school. after school we all ate a restaurante, and i had a casado con bistek. which is basically steak, with rice and beans. in costa rica, you [View Full Entry]

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sorry for not posting in a while but i have been really busy that olast couple of days. so ill start from wednesday. well weds. started off as one of the worst days of the trip! i went to sleep around ten, and woke up at about 5 or so. As i got up i noticed my eye felt a little strange, so i looked in the mirror, and saw that my eye was completely swollen, exactly how a boxers eye is after a a long 12 rounds. i was panicking but did nothing about it, i went to take a [View Full Entry]

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A typical Costa Rican meal consists of meat, rice, beans, and sometimes salad. The meat is usually chicken, beef, or steak. Costa Rican salads contain avocado juice and do not contain dressing, and French fries are sometimes served instead of beans or rice. Burritos are commonly served in restaurants. There are several differences between Costa Rican food and American food. The amount of grease is the most notable difference. Although most Costa Rican restaurants serve hamburgers and French fries, they are significantly less greasy than most American burgers and fries. The difference [View Full Entry]

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Here in Costa Rica the houses all look the same. All of them have security gates and these gates can be tricky getting into. On the inside the houses are smaller than what most Americans are used to. Most U.S. houses have 2-4 bedrooms, all of a good size. Most have 1-3 bathrooms with at least 1 being really big. In your kitchen you have 2 sinks, a large stove and a big fridge. Your living room can accommodate more people than your household or maybe you have lots of room to put things. Now take all that and cut [View Full Entry]

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We are learning so much about Costa Rica’s culture, including the country’s work with their native Costa Rican indigenous population. There are 3 to 4 main populations that remain active in Costa Rica and live on reservations. During our first week at CPI, we were fortunate enough to meet and talk with this couple who shared their culture with us. They live in the mountains on reservations that the government has set aside for them, growing and harvesting their crops and making what they need. They travel 6 hours from their village to a cable car which transports them across th [View Full Entry]

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Days 1-3 On Saturday morning i arrived to the airport at about 5:30, i was one of the earliest ones there besides my teacher and 3 other people. Everything started smooth even though i really had no clue what to do. It seems as if everyone who works at LAX absolutely hates their job, because everyone is so rude. So after waiting with some people in the group to get our passports checked(the first of about 10 passport checkpoints in the same airport!) Guess which famous celebrity is right behind us the whole time, Pamela Anderson! many people in line were [View Full Entry]

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