Blogs from Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 518

Well, its Thursday and i´m finally done with regstering for classes (i hope). The regstering process has not been hard but rather time consuming. Im afraid i haven't seen any porcupines lately nor have i been able to surf here in san jose (its in the middle of the country) but i´m sure it'll pick up once school starts. I have definatley noticed more and more students around especially on the calle amargura (a street similar to 4th ave in tucson or mill avenue in tempe). Just out of considence (well, maybe i planned it) i live just a stones throw away from the calle that is always packed at night. Granted it doesnt have a bison witches but is entertaing nonetheless. To everyone, thankyou for your emails and I let you all know about my ... read more

So I met my friend Mike at the airport in San Jose, and we took a rickety old bus (which simply means it has character) to San Isidro for the night. Then we woke up the next morning with the sun at 6 am, showered, and took a bus all the way down to Puerto Jiminez, to meet up with some other people. While on the bus awaiting departure, a man selling peanuts continually tried to get us to buy from him. We told him we didn't want any, and then as I was watching him interact with other people, I had a change of heart. So I bought some of his peanuts. He was a very friendly man, and he let me take his picture.... read more

Well, we missed the bus. In an attempt to go to puntarenas we kinda arrived a little later than planed and it just happened to be the last bus out of Jaco... And as four Americans (somewhat lost in CR) we did what any normal person would do in this situation. ----went skinny dipping---- nah, I'm just kidding but it would have been a cool thing to do. Instead we decided to stay another night in a lovely cabina right on the beach with a bar (for some malt beverages and darts). From there, the following day, we would start our long and arduous journey to a place called Tamarindo. A journey that parallels that of finding nemo in that there are two of us (myself-which i consider myself the dad) and Will (a great guy ... read more

Hi to all, I know that it has been a while since i have written but i have been quite busy here. The past few days have been very 'cultural' for me. On Monday we went to a place where there was live Arabic music accompanied by a few belly dancers. The place had the ambiance of an old jazz bar lit with few lites and covered with art that only those with an open mind can interpret. I had a few Belgium beers there and with 8.8 percent alcohol i could say that if i didn´t stop iI'msure i would have ended up being one of those belly dancers. Yesterday we went to a Lebanese where they can 'read your coffee it was similar to palm reading but different because the owner of the restaurant ... read more

Well today I registered for classes and I have to wait until the 23rd of February to see if I got the classes I wanted. I would say that the system is semi-archaic. Everything is done by scantron and the system of allocating classes is much different from the states. 1st eachstudent is given a ranking based on their GPA (1-10), those students that have a higher ranking have priority in getting the classes they want. Tonight I'm going to 'the jazz cafe' to see belly dancers and listen to Arabic music. I'm not exactly sure how I said I would go but I'm sure it will be a new experience. The food here has been good-great. Rice and beans are a few of the main dishes that seemed to be served at every meal. I'm ... read more