writing once again from cpi flamingo's slow computers. .
after 2 luxuriously lazy days in san joaquin (didn't do much but wander, write, visit my old host-mom and watch 'ace of cakes') i took the bus back to guanacaste. the journey took 6 hours or so (with 1, count it, ONE ten-minute stop..) but unlike my first trip out here, i managed to stay awake most of the time to check out the changes in scenery.
i am staying in the student residences between flamingo and brasilito - tried for a private apt but they were all booked, so i am sharing a room with a gal named stacy from california (spent her first year in college at western. . ) and the kitchen with about 4 other shared rooms. .
everyone living there attends classes at cpi, in varying degrees of intensity and frequency.
on saturday, i will be packing up to move to surfside, a town between potrero (where i lived in nov/dec) and flamingo. the family i went to nicaragua with offered to let me stay at their place while they're on a little excursion to a park in the south. . so i will have the place (i.e. kitchen... mm) to myself (my friend Efriam rents a room attached to the house) for a week until dad comes. fortunately, they live rather close to one of the cpi busstops, and a walk along the beach to school would only be about 1/2 an hour.
i stopped by the divecenter today but missed my instructor; her coworker invited me tom come to a restaurant in surfside - el çastillo- tomorrow night to listen to some blues.. i am making a return to the debauchery and diversion that is ladies' night at las brisas, but i am considering stopping at el castillo along the way.
there is a swarm of students here this time around - slightly overwhelming but interesting nonetheless. i have 2 people in my class - 2 girls from norway who are traveling together. their next stop is cuba; i have met quite a few peolpe here who are on their way there and i can´t help but be a bit jealous. . .
am planning to take a real life surfing lesson right quick - figure it's worth it, for once at least, and the instructor is a friend of hannah and heather so it should be fun.
uhm. .
well it is about a thousand times hotter here than it was on the farm(s)
but nice despite.
gotta go do some stuff so i can write about it later. .
(home in <4 weeks?!)
love
mak
p.s. my little brother is stuck in korea for the moment, so if you know him write him notes so he has something to think about besides, you know, being stuck in korea. . .
1 comment:
Oh Mak - you are the best writer! your images are so wonderful, I can clearly see what you are talking about. What a rich experience for you - I love all that you did with Luz and Guillermo, sounds like some of that could actually translate into something not so far from home. Been checking in on Lars too and making sure the folks don't suffer to heavily from empty nest syndrome.
In other news, Glen's mom is going to move out to Lopez and into the senior housing. We are both thrilled and think that will be glorious for her - probably increase her lifespan by something significant. Less time for us in B'ham, but then, it was never our favorite placenow and again). Otherwise life is just like on Lopez. Joyce closed Vita's last weekend and won't be back open until mid-March or so - not as long as last year, but longer than originally planned. Haven't heard from Mary J but imagine she is doing just fine.
Many hugs and much love - glad you're going to have fun time with Dad and we'll see you before we have time to blink!
Mary W.
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