http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Cartago/Volcan-Turrialba/Turrialba/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Central America Caribbean , Costa Rica , Cartago , Volcan Turrialba , Turrialba en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:28:07 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:28:07 UTC Time flies It's been 8 months that I've been here. How crazy is that On Monday I went to San Jose's Immigration office for this supposed appointment at 1015am. It was to get my papers from the Embassy looked at and approved for me to be able to stay in Costa Rica without having to leave every 3 months....Well what a nightmare of a day Tony and I waited from 930am430pm to be seen. There w http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Cartago/Volcan-Turrialba/Turrialba/blog-172307.html So the month of April whizzed by How do I sum it all up Easter was pretty cool at the Mission. We had baptisms in the river on the new property. Tony was baptized and so were some of the handicapped indigenous residents. Victorino who's indigenous and paralyzed from the waist down was carried into the water and held while Hector and Daniel baptized him. It was pretty neat to see. Mom and http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Cartago/Volcan-Turrialba/Turrialba/blog-158491.html This weekend I ran the 10km in Puntarenas. It was for the annual 'Sol y Arena' Sun Sand competition. The winners get money..No I wasn't one of them but I least crossed the finish line The first part of the run was hard in getting used to running on sand and plus the sun was setting so it was still really hot. Apparantly there was around 5000 runners There were kids seniors the hardc http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Cartago/Volcan-Turrialba/Turrialba/blog-144505.html Last Thursday we took a trip to Al Quetzal which is 2 hours from Tuis a long 2 hours I might add Almost the whole way there it's a dirt road with huge potholes We went there to drop off a big donation of clothes and food for the indigenous that live in the mountains. This area is the last drop point where the road stops after that it's all trails in the mountains. The indigenous walk 4.5 hour http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Cartago/Volcan-Turrialba/Turrialba/blog-137890.html It's been awhile since I've posted anything here...We're having more days of sun lately..last month we had a lot of rain and a little 'cold'...nothing like Toronto though...I went to Tambor Beach a couple of weeks ago with the students. It's a full gringo area and wherever there's lot's of gringo's there's lot's of money kicking around. One student a retired man from Canada came to live in Cost http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Cartago/Volcan-Turrialba/Turrialba/blog-129073.html Hi ThereGreetings from sunny Turrialba it is a beautiful day about 25 degrees and the view over Vulcan Turrialba is something else today jealous yet. My name is Bella and I am the Communications Officer here in Costa Rica and I will be bringing these updates to you. Please encourage other family and friends to subscribe to this update as this will be the main form of communication from the http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Cartago/Volcan-Turrialba/Turrialba/blog-127083.html