Costa Rica Pictures

Here are a few pictures of our trip to Costa Rica. We are now back in Honduras and started back to school on Wednesday. It was hard to go back to getting up at 5 and going to work. But now that we have returned to our normal schedule it feels nice to be back. Another benefit of a break is that now our students are fresh and are more willing to work. I guess we too have more patience and energy. Here is what we did over the last few weeks.

This is the beach in Manuel Antonio. We spent some time in the national park and then other time on the public beach here in town. The water was perfect for swimming here. Each night we enjoyed beautiful sunsets.
Here we are in the national park of Cabo Blanco after a 2 hour hike down to the beach. This is in Montezuma where we spent the second part of our trip.

We explored many beaches and tried to spend as much time as we could in the shade as to avoid getting fried. Right now the weather is beautiful and there is a nice breeze that keeps it the perfect temperature.
When we were in Montezuma we stayed in a hotel up in the trees that had a beautiful view overlooking the ocean. We had a little patio where we could sit and watch the monkeys play in the trees and pass by us. They were literally 5 ft away from us.
We visited with my host family while we were there and played a lot with the girls. We spent a lot of time on this couch with the girls watching kids TV. At times we both were there with four kids crawling all over us. Maria Emilia (Millie) is the 2 year old, Fabiana is on the right and Sofia on the left.
Our day at the "Parque de Diversiones" or Fun Park was indeed very fun. it is a big theme park with all sorts of rides for all sizes. The girls really enjoyed this ride where we got a little wet. We literally spent the entire day there and rode on as many rides as we could.
Here are my host parents Sandro and Yorlene and the newest addition to their family who is 9 months old. His name is Gabriel Alejandro but no one calls him that. In fact we didn't even hear his real name once. Everyone calls him "Gordo" which means "Chubby". It has become his name and we wonder how long it will follow him. However, in Spanish calling someone fat or chubby isn't necesarily mean, its maybe endearing or just stating the fact. Many comments about physical appearance are rather extreme.

Well that is all we have time for now.