Hola amigos! We have been in Costa Rica just over 2 weeks now and having an absolutely amazing time! & yes we made the 6am bus back from the Monteverde Mountains and have had a busy few days at work. We didn´t have to go to the Orphanage Tuesday as there was an important football match on...Costa Rica v Brazil, so (as you do) the Costa Ricans decided no one was to go to work and should all be at home watching the football and getting as drunk as possible! ...

Just a quick hello from high in the Monterverde Mountains! This weekend has been our first weekend off and Josh and I (along with seven of our friends on the building project) decided to take the 3 hour bus journey up to the Monteverde Mountains, home to Rain Forest, Cloud Forests, Waterfalls, Canopy Tours and lot´s of restaurants selling non Costa Rica food! (Yippeeee!) On friday night we went to the neighbouring town of San Roman to meet our friends for a qu...

It´s 1.30 in the afternoon on day 10 in Costa Rica! We have just finished a morning shift at the Orphanage ´Hogaricto´ The last couple of days we have taken some toys and crafts to the children and it has made managing them all at lot easier. Yesturday we even managed to get all fifteen children sitting at the table learning the alphabet in English and drawing pictures of Superman! The kids here love Superman. This morning was spent teaching the kids and playi...

Hola! It´s day 9 here in Costa Rica and the last few days have been absolutely crazy, very tough and extremely challenging! On Sunday we met up with our i-to-i rep Nikki, who collected us and the other volunteers from the airport and took us all back to a hostel in Alajuela. Sunday evening was spent getting to know the 15 other volunteers that were also doing projects in and around our area. We had a great night chatting to people and it was nice to be around ot...

Buenas Dias! It´s day 5 here in Costa Rica and we are slowely shaking off the jet lag and getting used to the hot and humid weather. We´ve had a fun couple of days both relaxing at the hostel and down at the beach. Yesterday we got up at 6am to go on an organised tour which started with a traditional Costa Rican breakfast of fried rice and beans, scrmbled eggs, fried Planton and cheese, and a delicious cup of Costa Rican Coffee all eaten whilst sat at the top ...