My past few weeks have been pretty interesting and filled with a lot of job searching and apartment searching. Here’s what’s been happening: Part-time: I got the part time job at Intercultura: I am working on Saturdays from 9:00-12:00 and on Monday and Wednesdays 6:00pm-7:30… Read More »My past few weeks in Costa Rica
I’m back in Costa Rica but this time I’m staying in Heredia aka la Ciudad de Los Flores. Although so far, I haven’t seen much flowers. Heredia is located in the Central Valley of Costa Rica, a couple of miles north of San Jose. It… Read More »Back in Costa Rica
I am home for the holidays!!! and I couldn’t be happier. Christmas is my favorite holiday and to me, it didn’t feel like the Christmas in Costa Rica; no Christmas lights, no Christmas music and no Christmas cheer. It’s great to be able to spend… Read More »Home for the Holidays
The time is finally here for me to leave Montezuma and return home for Christmas. It’s bittersweet. I’m happy to be coming home to friends and family, but I will also miss the new friends I have made and the place that has been my… Read More »Last night in Montezuma
On Sunday we left Granada and took an hour an a half to two hour taxi ride to San Juan del Sur. San Juan del Sur is a decent sized town on the Pacific Ocean. Our plan was to stay at this hostel called the… Read More »Nicaragua day 3 (San Juan del Sur)
Chillin in Granada, Nicaragua. The day started wonderfully because of the breakfast that included pancakes along with bananas and watermelon. After breakfast out plan was to go to the Masaya markets. We showered, got ready and walked a couple of blocks to the bus stop.… Read More »Nicaragua day 2 (Granada)
The journey to Nicaragua started after a night of partying and celebrating. After a night of no sleep I “woke up” at 5:30 am to catch a 630 bus. Exhausted and First bus Dead on the Ferry Ferry Bus to the Border Dead on Border… Read More »Journey to Nicaragua day 1
Three weeks of TEFL completed!!Time is flying by. My second week in the program went great and consisted of the bulk of my teaching. I taught for my first time on Nov 12 to the Beg A class as I have already mentioned in a… Read More »Second and Third Week of TEFL in Review
Due to the recent full moon the swell at Cedros has been the biggest I have seen it yet. Unfortunately I was unable to surf because I tweaked my shoulder jumping off a 45 foot waterfall, but I was able to capture pictures on my… Read More »Big Swell at Cedros
On Tuesday November,12th I taught my first English class!!! Prior to the class I was super nervous. I had to teach the students numbers up to 10,000 and have them able to ask how much an item of clothing is. For each class you teach… Read More »My First Class Taught!