Friday, February 7, 2014

After a breakfast of eggs, papaya, and cantaloupe, we caught the bus.  I feel like I’m starting to get the hang of the local buses.  Today was a short day at school because we got out at 12:00.  I spent most of the morning mapping out some of the curriculum for US History and finding links and whatnot.  I also set up the game that I’ll have the students play during the first day of school.  At noon we took the bus back to the house and packed for the weekend.  I stopped at a pizzeria near the house to have a jamon y queso pizza, along with a refresca that tasted like orange soda with a little bit of a twang to it.  Plus, it was really cheap, only 2000 colones or about $4.  After a little more dilly-dallying, we took a taxi to La Estacion de San Carlos to catch the bus.  We waited at the bus stop for about an hour and then loaded up to go to Puerto Viejo.  We rode through a bunch of beautiful scenery as we made our way to the Caribbean.  After about 3 ½ hours, we stopped in Limon for a break, only we did not know that we were stopped in Limon and proceeded to walk outside of the bus station and start looking for our hostel.  After a couple of blocks, we got to a sign that said Puerto Viejo was 50-some km away.  We quickly said, “wait a minute…” and turned around to race back to the bus.  Luckily, it was still at the stop and we got back on it, a little bit stressed out.  After another hour on the bus, we arrived at Puerto Viejo and found our hostel called Cabinas Larry.  It had a full-size bed, bunk-bed, and hammock outside to fulfill the claim that it sleeps five people.  I watched a little bit of the Olympic Opening Ceremony while the girls skyped home.