 | a little on being the only girl....
2008-06-03, Alajuela, Costa Rica. By: Ali13 | | So there are several disadantages to being the only girl on the trip, and I´m not being treated any differently than the boys by the professors. No one looks back every once in a while to see if I´m t... |
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| We made it here!!
2008-06-02, Alajuela, Costa Rica. By: Ali13 | | We made it to Costa Rica. One of the planes encountered tons of turbulence so that was interesting. We flew over the Carribean which was pretty, the Florida Keys, Cuba and Nicaragua. The San Jose airp... |
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 | Line in the sand....
2008-05-05, Samara, Costa Rica. By: ashby74 | | So when I first came to Costa Rica, I had some rough moments adjusting to some of the changes that I experienced. For example…prior to coming here, I could not shave unless I had hot water. Now, I... |
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| "The Gringo Nod"
2008-05-02, Samara, Costa Rica. By: ashby74 | | I now have a few more weeks under my belt and things are coming along well…… OK, let me rephrase that……I am busting my ass trying to get this whole language thing down. My reading ability and vocabul... |
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| The Sheets of Death.......
2008-04-24, Samara, Costa Rica. By: ashby74 | | Even though my last weekend was pretty brutal…I have since found out that I was very fortunate to be out of town.
My laundry days are Tuesday and Friday. The general routine is to hand over all... |
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| The Long Journey Home.....
2008-04-21, Nosara, Costa Rica. By: ashby74 | | As I woke up the morning after the rodeo…….I knew that they day was going to be long and rough. I started to collect my belongings and noticed that I did not have any cash left. All I had was 700 C... |
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| Yo Adrian!!!!
2008-04-21, Nosara, Costa Rica. By: ashby74 | | After no luck with the first two hotels that I tried in Nosara/Guioness…..I stumbled across a sign that read “Room for Rent This Way.” I walked down a gravel path, over short bridge to small bungalo... |
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| The Day I thought I was Lance Armstrong
2008-04-21, Nosara, Costa Rica. By: ashby74 | | So this weekend, I packed up my gear and headed to Nosara…which is approximately 35KM from my house. The only catch……I went on a beach bike. Not a mountain bike….or even a 10 speed….but a heavy as... |
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| The Battle between the Campuses
2008-04-18, Samara, Costa Rica. By: ashby74 | | This week we started to receive transfer students from our sister campus in Heredia. It did not take long for the new students to start in on how much superior the Heredia campus was in comparison t... |
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| Who am I......Howdy Doody?
2008-04-16, Samara, Costa Rica. By: ashby74 | | I have mentioned before how tough my first two weeks were…..about the material and my lack of grammatical knowledge ect……however there was one thing that make my first two weeks next to impossible……an... |
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 | Don't Throw Stones Buddy.......
2008-04-11, Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica. By: ashby74 | | So I was inundated with new school material this past week…..therefore I was unable to get anything good posted this week…..but I hope to get some more posts here soon.
I did want to post this one... |
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 | The Worst Wingman of ALL TIME!!
2008-04-06, Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica. By: ashby74 | | If you are really into people watching…..I personally think that bars are the best place to partake. Some say that airports and malls are better…but that true only if you want to observe. If you wa... |
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 | Papa's gotta brand new bag
2008-04-05, Samara, Costa Rica. By: ashby74 | | I have mentioned previously how hard it is right now for me to communicate. And it really sucks when you go into a room full of people that don’t speak the same language as you and it takes maybe 10... |
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| Bill Gates Can Kiss My Ass!!
2008-04-05, Samara, Costa Rica. By: ashby74 | | So I have a solid two weeks under my belt and things are coming along nicely…..well almost everything. Let’s not even get into the sheer mass of new grammatical information that is dumped on me ever... |
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 | Dallas Comes to Costa Rica
2008-04-04, Samara, Costa Rica. By: ashby74 | | I just want to include a little disclaimer before this next journal entry. Some of my dearest friends live or reside in the Dallas area…..but (and I am sure they will even have to agree) at times i... |
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| Talk about Southern Hospitality !!
2008-04-04, Samara, Costa Rica. By: ashby74 | | Over the past two weeks, I have started to create a few habits. One of my daily rituals is to stop by the Supermercado on the way home and pick up 4 beers. One is for me, one for Melvin, one for A... |
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 | Sombody stole my shit!!!!
2008-04-02, Samara, Costa Rica. By: ashby74 | | About six months ago, I was traveling with my good friend Adam, and he mentioned how nice it was to have a travel partner. Initially, I thought it was a compliment directed towards me… …but he elab... |
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| I got crabs!!!
2008-04-02, Samara, Costa Rica. By: ashby74 | | Well…..I am sure this post will get a decent number of reads simply because of the title. It will have to do as they took down my pics of the local Costa Rican paper with the women on it…..my apolog... |
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| Setting Goals
2008-03-31, Samara, Costa Rica. By: ashby74 | | So today I had the opportunity to speak with some of my family members as well as some of the more tenured students at the school. I wanted to get any feedback or advise that would add to the succes... |
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| Detroit comes to Costa Rica
2008-03-31, Samara, Costa Rica. By: ashby74 | | So I have been putting off trying to learn verbs for a week now…..but after last week I have come to the realization that some memorization is going to be necessary in order for me to progress. So t... |
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| Hasselhoff and the Germans
2008-03-31, Samara, Costa Rica. By: ashby74 | | At the school where I am taking classes, there are tons of students from all over the world……so I am essentially bathing culture. One thing that really sucks about the US is that there is little to ... |
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| SEX SELLS!!!!!
2008-03-29, Samara, Costa Rica. By: ashby74 | | So one of my new Spanish exercises is to get the daily paper and slowly but surely work my way through all the stories……pretty much one word at a time. The most popular paper by far has to be La Te... |
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