Tuesday, 27 November
Did not sleep well again last night due to some wacked-out dreams just like last night. I am not sure, but they may have been the same dreams. I am thinking that I am just stressed about what is going on and it is effecting my dreams. It may be [...]
bathrooms are western style but Quepos does not have good plumbing so we cannot put TP down the toilet – just like China
they love their fireworks here. They set them off throughout the night and where ever they want to (middle of street)
there is no EPA and the car/bus exhaust really gets to [...]
I have only taken a few pictures and have not loaded them onto the web yet. I will try to start taking more and post them as soon as I have time.
Monday, 26 November
For breakfast, Mileidy cut up fresh fruit and provided cereal. I told her that I do not like milk in my cereal and she gave me a ‘really’ look. She asked if I like toast and I said yes thinking that she would give it to me tomorrow, but instead she [...]
Sunday morning a group of us walked up the hill to find the school. On the way down we found a gym and checked it out. It looks like a lot of use are going to use it. We then checked out of the hostel and then walked around the city a [...]
Jason, Kim and the boys picked me up to go to dinner and then take me to the airport. On the way out of the door, I got a call from a realtor asking about viewing the house the next morning. It’s as if she knew I was leaving. It was just [...]
Warning – I have been keeping an electronic journal since arriving in costa rica and a lot of what the future posts will just be copy/paste from the journal – so it is going to be long since I have already spent the time to write it.
Just in time for the holiday season, a new documentary produced by Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me) called ‘What would Jesus buy?‘. – watch the trailer. Some stats from the movie:
last year america spent $455 billion during the holdiays
consumer credit debt is now $2.4 trillion
26 million americans are addicted to shopping
Happy shopping!
With my departure date quickly approaching family and friends have hosted going away parties for me. Below the fold are pictures from a family gathering at my dads and another party after my last day of work.
I leave next Friday night.