The Families of Others - Kabobs and Arepas The other great thing about being in the homestay is being about to meat the families of others in the program. One evening Nathanial's family (another in the program) invited everybody over for a barbeque. There were kabobs that we could assemble with meat, fruits, cheese, etc. and we all stood around a barbeque turning our kabobs and adding a tortilla every once in awhile. Amidst conversation one could hear cheesy ...

Sitting on the Front Porch The porch at Nery & Victors is the best part of their house.It makes an L-shape and is completely glassed in.On many occasions I will sit out there in the morning to read, do a crossword, or work on my homework.They have comfy lounge chairs and rockers for these moments.I always bring my binoculars and camera because it is inevitable that the rain will come, a bird or butterfly will fly by or a rainbow or sunset will form.On one si...

Poco Sol to La Selva (3/25) I woke up early this morning to go birding cause I wanted to see an umbrella bird.Of course when you want to see something, you don't, but it was nice anyway.Instead, I had a monkey throwing fruit at me.Not scary at all… After breakfast we all loaded into the back of trucks to go to La Selva Biological Station.The trucks would meet our bus, which we would take the rest of the way.The whole ride we were nestled between hills, pa...

Poco Sol (3/23-24) 3/23 We woke up this morning to find that the easter bunny had come with jelly beans (happy easter to everyone, by the way).This sugar high was great for the 10 mile hike out of Peñas Blancas this morning.The hike was East to Poco Sol,at the edge of the reserve. About 1/2 hour into the hike there is a "treacherous" river, so Karen had guides come in to help us cross, as she was headed back to Monteverde (the other direction).Thi...

Peñas Blancas (3/19-22) 3/19 Boy were we all ready for a field trip after two weeks of chaos in Monteverde. We woke up this morning, still having to tie up some lose ends, as we all had to have our rooms packed up and last minute phone calls and emails needed to be made before leaving for Peñas Blancas.I also got screamed at by my roommate for not being a mom and trying to wake her up every 2 seconds, that wasn't cool.After breakfast we all grabbed...