First let me apologize for all the errors in my previous posts! I have read over some of them and my grammar is just atrocious! I am so very sorry! I will now pre-write my posts so I am not stressed about how much internet time I have left.
This week went by so fast! I only have 21 days left here in Costa Rica. In Turrialba we (the students) figured that we walked just under a mile to school each morning, and that it was just over a mile to town from the neighborhood we lived in. So each day I was walking a minimum of 2 miles, at that was only for school. I walked so much more than that because there was nothing else to do besides sit at home, so I walked to town everyday. My mamatica did not have internet, tv, or a radio so frequently I was out wandering just to find a way to occupy my time. This past week I did not have class on Wednesday so I went to Guayabo National Monument. It is an ancient ritual site, pre-Columbian, with working aqueducts and ceremonial grounds. Here is the link for information about Guayabo. All the cool artifacts they found at Guayabo though are in a museum some place because all thats left at the site are what they could not move. Either way it was cool.
http://www.costarica-nationalparks.com/guayabonationalmonument.html
On Friday evening my new friend Alice and I went to a very local restaurant, so glad we did! She and I will be in Arenal together the last week, looking forward to hanging out some more. Alice is from Ashville NC, she and her husband spent three years teaching English in Japan, very interesting lady. Beautiful views of the Turrialba valley, the restaurateurs had placed bird feeders all around the property and we saw a
collared aracari . A member of the toucan family, but much braver, and a very social bird. Saturday was spent reading and relaxing. Sunday I left Turrialba at 8 am, 3 buses and 2 cabs and 10 hours later finally arrived at Dominical. On my way back to San Jose en route to Arenal in two weeks I will be taking Dramamine to make the bus ride a little more pleasant. Because yesterday’s trip really took its toll on me! I don’t think of myself as a car sick kind of person, but after Christmas and then the driving here I am starting to wonder if maybe I am. Although here the drivers have a hard time staying on their side of the road so there is lots of weaving back and forth across the road. Guess it makes each trip a little more interesting. :/
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| So the orange trees only bloom at the in January, this is at the end of the month so they are starting to loose their blossoms. So beautiful though |
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| An aquaduct at Guayabo |
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| Waterfall at the park |
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| Me up above the ceremonial grounds |
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| Ceremonial Grounds |
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| Poor Man's umbrella, they can grow up to 6 ft wide, this one was 3 ft or so |
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| At the restaurant, |
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| One of the views from the balcony at the restaurant |
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| Alice and I with Turrialba valley behind us |
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| My mamatica's house, her daughters car |
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| AEC in Turrialba |
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