Weekend in La Fortuna
Sorry I haven't been able to post for a couple of days. My group went to the town of La Fortuna for the weekend and I had to leave my computer in Heredia. It was a really amazing weekend even though it rained the entire time.
First, I had my exams for Spanish class on Friday and I am happy to say that I passed! This week I am in Spanish 2, but I am learning really fast. With my host family, I can speak English, but if I want to do anything in town, I pretty much have to use Spanish.
Friday night, we went out to celebrate my birthday. I was really touched that so many people came out. I had a wonderful French dinner and then went to the bar, but I had to be up at 5 AM. This should have meant that I made a short night of it, but that wasn't to be and when I dragged myself to meet the busses for La Fortuna, I had had only 2 hours of sleep.
La Fortuna was a really tough drive for 4 hours through the mountains. You have to go really slow because the road is one lane and twisty for most of the trip. We stopped to raft in the afternoon (I will have pictures of this tomorrow) and later we went to a hot springs resort that was amazing. They had ten pools, all at the foot of the volcano Arinal. Many in the group went dancing after the hot springs, but I was so tired I stayed at the hotel and played some Scrabble.
On Sunday we took a nature walk and then headed back to Heredia. It was raining so hard that the road was washed out in a couple of places and the drive took forever. We also saw a couple of really bad accidents. Costa Rica has one of the highest incidents of fatal car crashes in the world. There is a dark joke here that you always kiss your family when you leave because you don't know if you will be back. This really is the country that traffic rules forgot. Just crossing the street can be a life threatening event!
First, I had my exams for Spanish class on Friday and I am happy to say that I passed! This week I am in Spanish 2, but I am learning really fast. With my host family, I can speak English, but if I want to do anything in town, I pretty much have to use Spanish.
Friday night, we went out to celebrate my birthday. I was really touched that so many people came out. I had a wonderful French dinner and then went to the bar, but I had to be up at 5 AM. This should have meant that I made a short night of it, but that wasn't to be and when I dragged myself to meet the busses for La Fortuna, I had had only 2 hours of sleep.
La Fortuna was a really tough drive for 4 hours through the mountains. You have to go really slow because the road is one lane and twisty for most of the trip. We stopped to raft in the afternoon (I will have pictures of this tomorrow) and later we went to a hot springs resort that was amazing. They had ten pools, all at the foot of the volcano Arinal. Many in the group went dancing after the hot springs, but I was so tired I stayed at the hotel and played some Scrabble.
On Sunday we took a nature walk and then headed back to Heredia. It was raining so hard that the road was washed out in a couple of places and the drive took forever. We also saw a couple of really bad accidents. Costa Rica has one of the highest incidents of fatal car crashes in the world. There is a dark joke here that you always kiss your family when you leave because you don't know if you will be back. This really is the country that traffic rules forgot. Just crossing the street can be a life threatening event!
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