*All names have been changed to protect the dignity of those involved.
Francesca: I can't believe they're making us do that. That's ricockulous!
Mollie Sue: Francesca, you WOULD be the one to use a 50-cent SAT word while we're on vacation in Costa Rica.
Francesca: Mollie Sue, I made that word up. It's "ridiculous" mixed with "cock."
(Carmen and San Diego decided that today was That's a Bit Gay Day. Thus, they came up with various things that are a Bit Gay, announcing them in a British accent)
Carmen: I got a manicure. That's a Bit Gay.
San Diego: I bought a man purse. That's a Bit Gay.
Professor, mimicking his son in falsetto: I borrowed money from my dad! That's a Bit Gay!
Mollie Sue: I can't hold a grudge. I just can't! I'm incapable.
Professora: What if I punched you in the face?
In class we played a game where we named our three favorite animals, in order of preference. mine were:
1. sparrow
2. octopus
3. elephant
Then we did something special with them, but I won't tell you what until you comment with your favorite animals, in order of favoriteness. What are they?
On a tangent, today's interesting Website du Jour is this: If Abraham Lincoln had an iPod.
As a footnote, happy birthday to me and my sister deer.
1.6.09
Drug Deals, Old Port, Rogue Waves--Does It Ever End?
This weekend we took our exams at 8 a.m. on Friday, then jetted out for Puerto Viejo :) The drive was rather uneventful--no one vommed, we didn't hit anything, and there wsasn't a naked dane party going on in the back of the bus (all of these things happened but one--guess which :P) We drove through the mountain jungle and our tour guide extraordinaire told us all the movies that were filmed in Costa Rica--Jurassic Park, Spy kids 1, 2, and 3, Caribe, Angels, 1492, plus others. Also, Mel Gibson just bought a big ass piece of land there with waterfalls and animals all over the place, so there are bound to be more movies. Coool :)
We got to our hotel, which was...interesting, to say the least. We were paired 9 girls to 1 room with 7 beds, so some people were displaced--I avoided the girl politics by sleeping in a hammock in the backyard :) The beach right outside our hotel was black sand--it was gorgeous, with flecks of gold, but the sand fleas were terrible. We walked past a giant barge parked in the surf to the inlet where we played guitar, sang, interpretive danced, played in the surf, and drank guaro right out of the bottle--pura vida :)
That night we found a bar right next to the hotel that used to serve food, but a new guy took over ownership 5 days before and hadn't opened the kitchen yet. He was still really nice--he served us free chips and mango salsa, plus gave me free drinks because it was my birthday weekend :) Well, it was close enough ;) A friend and I went out for sushi at Chile Rojo, which was awesome. We went to a beach bonfire and then went skinny dipping at the hotel pool--until a security guard with a giant gun caught us :P Slept in a hammock under the stars until the rooster woke me up at 4 a.m.--roosters don't seem to belong here, especially in such an Old McDonald way :P
We woke up early on Saturday morning to eat breakfast and leave for our snorkeling trip at Cahuita. We all got outfitted in our snorkel gear (though I and one other girl had to opt for children's flippers because our feet were so small :P) and headed out! We took the boats first to a shallow area with a bunch of different coral communities. A bunch of people saw a nurse shark and a school of barracudas; I saw parrot fish, sea urchins, and those darling little black and iridescent blue spotted fish. We took the boats to another place, a dropoff barrier reef, where some people saw turtles :) We stopped at an island for watermelon and organic pineapple and saw tons of white-face monkeys! I had taken the legs off my glasses so i could tape them to my face and see inside my snorkel mask (resourceful!) but that means I couldn't see anything on land, so all the monkeys looked like worried infants tacked onto furry primate bodies. We also saw a giant gold eyelash viper that, if it bites you, will kill you in an hour. Insane :P I stayed a safe distance away because, without my glasses, I have incredibly poor depth perception...so who knows, I may have been right next to it :P
We ate lunch at a Bob-Marley obsessed cafe with borderline good food, then traipsed to Manzanilla beach for a quick look at the national park. We went back to the hotel and I packed up my little hobo bag--a towel tied to a piece of driftwood--and set out for the beach! I put all my stuff behind a log, but that didn't help--after about a half hour, a rogue wave came and stole all my belongings--wallet. camera, towel, shirt, skirt, shoes, water bottle, towel, wrap, everything! I got it all back (I have no clue HOW) but the camera is done for--sorry mum ;(
There was a rave on the beach on Saturday night, but I fell asleep in a hammock at, like, 10 p.m. and woke up in time to watch the sun rise :) Well, attempt to--it was overcast, so I didn't really see much, but it was cool being almost alone on the beach and watching everything light up :) I spent the day with friends, trekking around the beach, poking in and out of places we'd never visited :) We had a good time, but there were some weird aspects--like, I witnessed a crack deal on the beach; you're not supposed to shake hands with a local because it tells them you want to sleep with them; the guys in our group got a lecture about how they needed to protect us by walking with us wherever we wanted to go, because men hide in the bushes along the road and attack women who walk by themselves; and apparently the rape count last month alone was 7 :l Oh well, we survived :) Pura Vida!
On the way back to school we watched Quantum of Solace, my very first Bond movie! It was good :) We stopped at the same crappy restaurant for lunch, then everyone slept the whole way bck to reggae beats. I swear, our bus driver has the best taste in music in the world. Fun times.
Now we're back in Heredia and starting on our last week of school, and I just know it's going to pass SUPER slowly because I just want to get home! I've loved my time here, and I've had some great adventures and made some awesome friends, BUT I've got a lot waiting on me back home--like an honors thesis :P Oh well, I'll keep you posted this week, then might see some of you back in the states :) Pura Vida!
We got to our hotel, which was...interesting, to say the least. We were paired 9 girls to 1 room with 7 beds, so some people were displaced--I avoided the girl politics by sleeping in a hammock in the backyard :) The beach right outside our hotel was black sand--it was gorgeous, with flecks of gold, but the sand fleas were terrible. We walked past a giant barge parked in the surf to the inlet where we played guitar, sang, interpretive danced, played in the surf, and drank guaro right out of the bottle--pura vida :)
That night we found a bar right next to the hotel that used to serve food, but a new guy took over ownership 5 days before and hadn't opened the kitchen yet. He was still really nice--he served us free chips and mango salsa, plus gave me free drinks because it was my birthday weekend :) Well, it was close enough ;) A friend and I went out for sushi at Chile Rojo, which was awesome. We went to a beach bonfire and then went skinny dipping at the hotel pool--until a security guard with a giant gun caught us :P Slept in a hammock under the stars until the rooster woke me up at 4 a.m.--roosters don't seem to belong here, especially in such an Old McDonald way :P
We woke up early on Saturday morning to eat breakfast and leave for our snorkeling trip at Cahuita. We all got outfitted in our snorkel gear (though I and one other girl had to opt for children's flippers because our feet were so small :P) and headed out! We took the boats first to a shallow area with a bunch of different coral communities. A bunch of people saw a nurse shark and a school of barracudas; I saw parrot fish, sea urchins, and those darling little black and iridescent blue spotted fish. We took the boats to another place, a dropoff barrier reef, where some people saw turtles :) We stopped at an island for watermelon and organic pineapple and saw tons of white-face monkeys! I had taken the legs off my glasses so i could tape them to my face and see inside my snorkel mask (resourceful!) but that means I couldn't see anything on land, so all the monkeys looked like worried infants tacked onto furry primate bodies. We also saw a giant gold eyelash viper that, if it bites you, will kill you in an hour. Insane :P I stayed a safe distance away because, without my glasses, I have incredibly poor depth perception...so who knows, I may have been right next to it :P
We ate lunch at a Bob-Marley obsessed cafe with borderline good food, then traipsed to Manzanilla beach for a quick look at the national park. We went back to the hotel and I packed up my little hobo bag--a towel tied to a piece of driftwood--and set out for the beach! I put all my stuff behind a log, but that didn't help--after about a half hour, a rogue wave came and stole all my belongings--wallet. camera, towel, shirt, skirt, shoes, water bottle, towel, wrap, everything! I got it all back (I have no clue HOW) but the camera is done for--sorry mum ;(
There was a rave on the beach on Saturday night, but I fell asleep in a hammock at, like, 10 p.m. and woke up in time to watch the sun rise :) Well, attempt to--it was overcast, so I didn't really see much, but it was cool being almost alone on the beach and watching everything light up :) I spent the day with friends, trekking around the beach, poking in and out of places we'd never visited :) We had a good time, but there were some weird aspects--like, I witnessed a crack deal on the beach; you're not supposed to shake hands with a local because it tells them you want to sleep with them; the guys in our group got a lecture about how they needed to protect us by walking with us wherever we wanted to go, because men hide in the bushes along the road and attack women who walk by themselves; and apparently the rape count last month alone was 7 :l Oh well, we survived :) Pura Vida!
On the way back to school we watched Quantum of Solace, my very first Bond movie! It was good :) We stopped at the same crappy restaurant for lunch, then everyone slept the whole way bck to reggae beats. I swear, our bus driver has the best taste in music in the world. Fun times.
Now we're back in Heredia and starting on our last week of school, and I just know it's going to pass SUPER slowly because I just want to get home! I've loved my time here, and I've had some great adventures and made some awesome friends, BUT I've got a lot waiting on me back home--like an honors thesis :P Oh well, I'll keep you posted this week, then might see some of you back in the states :) Pura Vida!
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