Blogs from San José, San José, Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 36

Hola amigos! Ok, so I got here in one peace after 2 loooong flights. Got to the airport Wednesday morning, thanks again for taking me Papsi und Mamsi), and discovered staight away that my flight was delayed, 30 minutes, not much of a problem. Knowing well enough from experience that 30min is usually not quite accurate because ailines dont want to scare you away, so I already got a bad feeling about making my connections. Anyway, got on the plane to Atlanta, had a my own row of 3 seats, which was great, but it also came with a big dutch family next to me, who was very noisy!!! So, next thing I discovered, the screens didnt work, no TV for 10 hours!!! And I couldnt sleep!! Great! 10 long hours later, well actually 11 with ... read more

we are now back in san jose the rest of our time was pretty uneventful in panama. we hung out with sophie some more after she got back from san blas. we went to a bar called unplugged with p and jessica. the music there was really friggin loud. so we left went to a salsa bar where jessica a half phillipino proceeded to teach me how to dance salsa. how pathetic is that. mike couldnt take any more salsa so he went back and the three of us snuck into a club called kraze. after one beer i realized i couldnt take another so we were all pretty trashed so we went home. the next night me, mike, sophie, p, jessica and a girl called jenna went out to calle uruguay and went to a ... read more

Hello my name is Kyle, and guess what? Since my dad is taking so long to get these December blog posts written, I get to write one for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This segment of our blog is about the clinic giving out shoes to some of the kids in the communities the clinic serves. My Grandma Linda from California went around to all of her friends and family and collected money in order to buy the shoes. Before my grandma got here we told people to give us the size of their kids' shoes so we would know what sizes to get. We took requests for more than 200 pairs of shoes.(WOW!!!!!!!!!!!) With our grandma Linda, DR.Christian, Dayan, my mom, my dad, my brother and I went into downtown SAN JOSE. It was funny because there were tons ... read more

well ive been in costa rica for a bit now and about all i can say about it is there are alot of hookers and cocain. anyway... the rest of our time in tamarindo was pretty crazy i went out four nights in a row and wore myself ragged. but it was fun. i even got to play a digerdoo (thanx mike u chippy bastard). we finally left tamarindo and took a shuttle to santa theresa which was nice we saw allen there again and hung out at dnn bar. were we laughed for over an hour cause of some freaky looking cowboy pirate doing the weirdest dance ive ever seen. i decided to take it easy the next day cause i was getting a cold so i just layed in a hammock all day. the ... read more

Day 3. The adventure begins. A sloth, its fur matted, looking a bit disheveled, arches its back and stretches its arm, hooking a stem with a long curved claw and reeling in a leafy snack. Not three feet away from where we stand. It has made its way down almost to the ground and now hovers about two feet off the ground. At the Braulio Carrillo National Park, Howler monkeys roam the forest canopy. Black vultures, their wingtips manicured in white, glide in effortless, lazy circles overhead. A huge three-inch spider crouches unmoving, a patient host for the unwary. A tiny gray-brown viper coils near the roots of a plant on the edge of a sea of green foliage. Nope—we’re definitely not in Kansas. The country has built an aerial tram to transport visitors into the ... read more