and the countdown begins...

hey

gotta be quick as pa is waiting outside -

we are about to go visit my old host family from potreo, then head to flamingo to meet efiam and go out on surfari for a sail.

we went to my favorite costa rican beach this morning - playa penca - and it started to rain.
rather enjoyed it but am now remarkably sticky.


yesterday pa came to class with me, which was quite fun and interesting. .
in the afternoon we bussed over to brasilito with the lovely norwegian girls in my class, and went to lunch. . they were kind enough to let us leave our things in their house while we went to playa conchal , so we got to go snorkeling together without having to worry about our bags.

snacked at 'outback jacks', a tacky but oddly endearing resaurant on the beach in brasilito. met up with the girls and went to watch the bull fights.
similar to zapote, but with a smaller ring and rickety wooden bleachers that we paid $4 to sit in. .
ate churros and cornpancakes and dad had a tamale and everyone drank beer..

then pa got pickpocketed, but we had money to get a cab home and he didn-t lose his passport - just a credit card. whheeee...
two other people we were with also lost money and a camera.
well, it was rather packed with people. . ah, well.

we just went back to outback jack's to hang out a bit then taxied home.

we will take the bus to nicaragua tomorrow, then stay in granada fora couple nights to check out the city and go to the nearby lake. (not lake nicaragua... the other one. apoya, i beleive.)

so anyhow, things are going well with the exception of the pickpocketing, and we are enjoying ourselves. it is interesting and moderately fun to have someone here to show around. . plus this way i get to visit all my favorite places int eh area one more time before i leave.

we will be meeting up with the lopez hs trip at the cdca as i may have mentioned, and if all goes as planned we will spend the 20th-24th at el porvenir, the coffee cooperative that the school visits each year. i am looking forward to spending some time there as my other visits were rather breif.

i hope to write again before we come home (really an having trouble wrapping my brain around the fact that i will be in the northwest in less than 2 weeks..) but i am not sure i will be able to do so after leaving granada.

i'm getting excited to see everyone again, and to have some island time before (hopefully) returning to school.

love
mak