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| me, my tica mum Maritza, my house mate Jamie |
About 2 weekends ago, my university planned a family day event at a park close to the school. It was a good day. It reminded me of the host family events Drake has sometimes for international students. My tica mum came with us and we ate sooo much. Considering food makes me reaaallly happy, the day was beyond perfect for me. There were games as well, but I did not play. I dont like those things. There was guacomole, sandwiches, rice with milk (rice water with cinnamon) and some other stuff. After that I went off with some other friends of mine to Puerto Viejo. That is about 4-5 hours away from here. We were in need of the beach! It was such a beautiful day, what a waste sitting in the bus for hours.
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| our beds for 2 nights |
Puerto Viejo is by far one of my favorite beaches. I am excited now to be doing my internship around there. Firstly, there are more black people there, loads of people speaking Partwoa around and stuff. We stayed in this place that had a restaurant, back entrance to the beach, tents, hammocks and rooms as well. We decided to spend the next two nights in the hammock. It cost $5 a night, financially that was the best choice. It was not as bad as I expected it to be. We got lockers to put our stuff inside. The hammocks were in rows under a hut outside. The place is gated so it felt a little safer than I thought it will be. That night was noisy!!! It seemed like the whole of Puerto Viejo decided to meet there. There were loads of people everywhere. There was a bonfire outside near the beach as well. I really liked that. I slept early though so I was oblivious to all the apparent "disappearances" going on.
I spent the next day walking around the town and going to the stores that were around with my house mate Jamie. Some random person came up to me and asked me for the time- he ended up walking with us from our hostel to the town. And he talked a lot. He is Nicaraguan but half Jamaican or something, but lives in Puerto Viejo. He told us where to go for stuff and about his life and the area of the beach that was safe. We saw him again the next day and he was speaking spanish sahh. Considering I was holding all my baggage and had not eating yet, he was just annoying me. I couldnt help but tell him he was talking a bit too much and he switched to my relief. I could at least understand what he was saying.
We later went down to the beach. We just chilled there, while I attempted to stay away from the sun. We met this family there that were really nice. Their little girl spoke to us the whole time, and in spanish too. She is about 10 years old and the way she was talking alone I could tell she has a really strong personality.And her little baby brother is sooo cutee!!! They invited us to have dinner with them and they were amazing. We went to a Carribean restaurant and it was superb!!! Then walked around the town talking to the family. It was one of those moments that you think 'I cant wait to also have my children.' That weekend was wonderful.
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| In Puerto Viejo, this pig was burning for hours |
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| Paintballing!! |
This weekend I went paintballing with my program. It really hurt. I dont think I would really like to do that again. After someone shot me in the head. Sigh...that hurt really bad eh. But it was still a nice experience though. After some friends and I went downtown to go buy a movie to watch. Considering there are no copyright laws in Costa Rica, you can find any movie you want to watch. All the unreleased ones kraa. My housemate watched Madea's family reunion a couple of weeks ago and she loved it!! She saw the cd for Madea Goes to Jail and this girl was screaming on the street out of excitement. That was actually funny. We got a couple of other movies then headed back home. We ended up watching Desconocido(Unknown) at a friend's house. I was so tired, I just fell asleep midway.
Yesterday I was up at 5.45 in the morning. Had to get ready and get to school by 6.20 am. For what? Rafting. It took about 2 hours to get to some lodge place where we had breakfast. Gallopinto, eggs, fruits. The car tire went flat on the way too, making the trip a little bit longer. Then another hour and half to the rafting place. That was the most amazing experience yet. I was not scared of falling out of the boat, possibly because I know how to swim. I preferred that wayy more to canopy. That was just moving across a rope in the middle of the sky. I know I cant fly so that was just freaky. I absolutely loved rafting. We were on the boat for about 4 hours. We stopped for lunch along the river, the best burrito yet! At some places we were between rocks and there were bridges on top. That was like a scene from Pirates of the Carribean. We could also some of the indigenous people who lived in the mountains and the little kids playing in the water. It was pretty awesome!!! Our boat started last, but we ended up first!!! Finished before everyone else!! As my housemate will say 'That's SWEET!!!' We named our boat El barco mas dulce.
Now am here. My class was cancelled. So had no class today. Will have more to blog about when I get back!!!!
Pura Vida!!!!!
