Finished with my first volunteer work
19/3/09
I have now been in CR for one and a half month. After spanish studies in San Jose for two weeks (Yeah I learned a new language in two weeks :P), I´ve lived in a quiet small village called Tarcoles, located on the pasific coast.
It lives maybe ca 800 people there, now bank, no internett, no postofice, but they have important things like bars and liquer stores (5 bars). Not many tourists or english speaking people in Tarcoles, so that helped my spanish a lot. Most people visit Tarcoles to watch crocodiles and birds. Quit beach, great waterfall, friendly people, nice nature in generall, good fishing opportunities is just a few reason I loved my time there. I lived with a familiy tica, and they were ok, except when they tried to steal from me.. but shit happens
I lived in Tarcoles for three weeks, but worked closer to Haco. Had to take bus 40 min each way, waith minium 30 minutes for buss every (working) day and walk 6 km to get back and fourth from work - so I guess I spent just as much time travelling to jobb as I did working. I worked on a neofauna - lots of snakes, frogs and butterflies.
It was really interesting to work there, but some of the work was a little boring - but then I could just go and watch butterflies mating, snakes eating birds or mice, play with mickey the monkey (it´s a real monkey - not a nickname for my ...) , sing together with the parrot or just realaxe in the waterhole in the river. It´s quite hot to work in the sun when it´s 30-35 C in the shadow, especially when you come from minus 20-30 C in Norway - I loved that waterhole..
Now I have moved to a city - Quepos. My third familiy so far. I started teaching english today on a small school- you don´t get much info here- so it´s learn by doing - it was ok I guess, but children from 9-13 is not very quit. At least it´s short working days
The beach are close but I have a sunburn, so have to try and avoid the sun. If there are some wawes a little later I think I go bodyboarding annyway..
Maybe I will give more updates now that I´m closer to internett - or maybe it´s just because I have sunburn..
I guess we´ll find out...
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