Costa Rica
So here I am in Monteverde, Costa Rica!
All 33 of us students are in the station and we're raving over how amazing it is to have technology, dry clothes, hot showers, and connections to the outside world. If it was up to me I'd like to have been away from the technology for another week or two, but hey I need to connect with people and let everyone know I'm alive!
The past 3 weeks have been the most amazing weeks I have possibly ever experienced. From San Jose, to Pitilla (station in the rainforest near Nicaragua), to Cuajiniquil (small fishing village on the Pacific coast) and homestays, to Isla San Jose (essentially an archipelago off the coast where its basically tropical paradise), and now Monteverde/Santa Elena. The things and places I have seen! Costa Rica is epic beyond belief and I'm definitely going to have trouble coming home. The animals I've held and have been able to be within inches of! We're under Dengue fever watch right now, we find out whether we come down with symptoms within the next 4 days, so its kinda the moment of truth. An outbreak occurred in Cuajiniquil so we're all paranoid/laughing about it. Kinda like the Chagus situation. I miss everyone so much, and I'm thinking of everyone in SC almost everyday, I'm looking forward to the day I get to see them all again. But yeah, here I am! Chilling in the cloud forests of Monteverde and I have a healthy amount of bug bites all over, its fun.
Its weird using internet. I'm kinda not really into it at the moment. Give me an update on facebook kids! And Tricia or Shu or Jenny or Monica or anyone from SC who is reading this, please let other kids read this if they want to or if they want a quick update! Internet is really slow and not available that often here at the station so unfortunately communicating will be a little hard, but I will definitely try! And I'm working on the postcards! Love all you guys, miss you a lot, hope you're all having a great quarter and having fun! Peace!
All 33 of us students are in the station and we're raving over how amazing it is to have technology, dry clothes, hot showers, and connections to the outside world. If it was up to me I'd like to have been away from the technology for another week or two, but hey I need to connect with people and let everyone know I'm alive!
The past 3 weeks have been the most amazing weeks I have possibly ever experienced. From San Jose, to Pitilla (station in the rainforest near Nicaragua), to Cuajiniquil (small fishing village on the Pacific coast) and homestays, to Isla San Jose (essentially an archipelago off the coast where its basically tropical paradise), and now Monteverde/Santa Elena. The things and places I have seen! Costa Rica is epic beyond belief and I'm definitely going to have trouble coming home. The animals I've held and have been able to be within inches of! We're under Dengue fever watch right now, we find out whether we come down with symptoms within the next 4 days, so its kinda the moment of truth. An outbreak occurred in Cuajiniquil so we're all paranoid/laughing about it. Kinda like the Chagus situation. I miss everyone so much, and I'm thinking of everyone in SC almost everyday, I'm looking forward to the day I get to see them all again. But yeah, here I am! Chilling in the cloud forests of Monteverde and I have a healthy amount of bug bites all over, its fun.
Its weird using internet. I'm kinda not really into it at the moment. Give me an update on facebook kids! And Tricia or Shu or Jenny or Monica or anyone from SC who is reading this, please let other kids read this if they want to or if they want a quick update! Internet is really slow and not available that often here at the station so unfortunately communicating will be a little hard, but I will definitely try! And I'm working on the postcards! Love all you guys, miss you a lot, hope you're all having a great quarter and having fun! Peace!