Blogs from San José, San José, Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 23

Ok, so the food here is crazy freaking good. Like, your tongue makes the rest of your body feel bad. I don't even know what I'm eating, but its always amazing. It looks like it could be mystery meat from your old grade school cafeteria lunchlady, but it tastes like it just came straight from the cow... or something like that. I had the realization riding the bus today that this place really is a 3rd world coun.... er... developing nation. The paradise part of things is really the people and the nature (that is outside of San Jose). More on this later. I had orientation with ULACIT (Latin American Institute of Science and Technology) and ISA (International Studies Abroad) and there are 21 girls and 5 guys. It was like freshman year orientation all over ... read more

Hello everyone, happy Thursday. I really don't have too much new going on right now. I woke up a little late so that was stressful this morning, but I still got here on time. I graded the test that I gave on Tuesday evening, so I will give that back to the students tonight and then I have to give an oral test, where I check their pronunciation. Well, sorry this is so short, I don't have too much new to say, but I thought I'd just check in! Hugs to everyone.... read more

Hi everyone. I've had two more classes, and they seem to be going well, both of them had a test and the one I had this morning, when we were done with the test, we went over some expressions. They really liked Break a leg, thought that was a really funny way to say good luck, I tried to explain where it comes from, but it just sounds so stupid!! They also liked Cup of Joe, I wasn't sure where that came from, but it was interesting to me how curious they were. I'm still at work, they have computers that I can use, and my awesome dad is sending me his old laptop, which I am very excited about. I bought my laptop with my credit card, and I have a security feature on it, ... read more

Hola everyone! Hope you are all doing well. Well I now have 2 classes under my belt. The one I did yesterday went fine, the students were really nice, and participated and asked questions that I was able to answer. When my class was over at 8, I found out that I had another one this morning at 7, so I did not have much time to prepare, but I think it went ok. The schedule can change from what you think you are teaching, so it is good to know before you leave. My next class is at 6 tonight. Everyone has been really helpful!!! Sabrina gave away 2 puppies yesterday, I hope they are doing well. Talk to you guys later.... read more

My experience with Costa Rica is amazing so far. The weather is super hot, and it rained and cooled it down a little tonight. I was a little hesistant on the way here, but it quickly faded when I met Jess (ironically with the same name), a spanish major on her 4th visit to Costa to teach english in San Jose. When we landed, the taxis were unbelievably aggressive, but I enventually found my shuttle, Francisco the driver. He was smoking a ciguar with the hostel sign tucked out of view under his arm, on a cell phone, and was no where near the phones (normal pickup at the airport). He refused to speak to me in english the 1/2 hour driver here, which I didnt mind at all! Eso mi proxima vece hablar español con ... read more

Hello all, sorry for the recent lapse in blogging, for those of you who don´t know, I got myself into a little bit of trouble, I was alone at a bus stop in the dark and I got mugged. Don´t worry, nothing happened to me, he didn´t hurt me, just took my laptop and my cell phone. So everything´s fine now, I´m at work getting ready for my 1st class. The weekend was fine, I didn´t do too much. I went with my roommates to see Hell Boy at the movie theaters. It was fun, we got to sit in the VIP area, where it was so comfortable I almost fell asleep. One of the teachers that I was in training with for the past two weeks decided not to show up for his first class ... read more

Arrived in Costa Rica after another long travelling day yesterday. We spent a couple more days chilling out in Granada where I had the most fabulous massage at healing hands, a local project supporting the blind community in Nicaragua, cant recommend them more highly! Afetr Granada we left for Ometepee, the largest freshwater island in the world. This unfortunately invovled another hot, smelly, overcrowded chicken bus followed by a ferry crossing, although more of a cargo boat with a few passengers thrown in than a ferry. The island itself is beautiful, we stayed at Santa Domingo in a cool little cabin overlooking the lake and beach. There is not a huge amount to do so we swam in the Lake and chilled out on the beach. The next day I went for a horseride, my horse ... read more