News

I watched the news last night. I was wanting to find out more about what was happening in Honduras (it's not really affecting us here- even though they did fly the President into Costa Rica orginally).
One thing that still shocks me about the news here is how graphic it is. There is a new murder every night and they film right next to the body and then show the body upclose. It's like a horror movie, except that it's the 7pm news that everyone watches over dinner. I' not sure what explains this culturally, but I'm looking forward to ratings when I get home.

The long silence

Yes, yes I know, it's been a while since I've posted anything. Well here's an update of what I've been up to for the last month.
I visited the below volcano with my host parents. First time in the last 6 months that I've been cold.


The director of eMi came to visit from Colorado Springs.
We finally finished our project in the north of Costa Rica today. The binding finished 5 minutes ago.

New interns arrived a few weeks ago, and suddenly we were the expereienced ones!

I went to the beach for the weekend with some of the interns and staff and even saw some monkeys! Though nice beaches, I still think Australian ones are better!

The rainy season has arrived

It appears that unlike Melbourne, Costa Rica is not in a drought. The raining season started a few weeks ago, and was definitely welcomed by me. The lead up to it wasn’t really great as everyone got sick, apparently due to the changes in humidity.
I’m normally in a basement office with no windows when the rain comes, so I don’t notice. This Sunday however, I was home with not much else to do. So I watched the rain and took lots of photos. I love it when it rains. The light changes just before, and everything smells and looks so much better afterwards.

I’d heard people say that in the tropics it always rains at the same time, so much so that you can set your watch by when the rain starts. I thought that would be really cool, but unless you want to be late by an hour every now again (which most Hispanics wouldn’t mind), it’s probably not the best idea.