The first few days

It has been a crazy couple of days filled with new places and experiences.  It is a little scary to remove yourself from a comfortable and familiar routine/environment and place yourself into foreign and unknown territory.  Thank goodness I have Chad to travel with; there are a lot of people who travel by themselves which I could never do. We have covered a lot of ground over the first few days….

We arrived in San Jose on Tuesday evening and spent one night there.  We really did not get to see much of the city aside from our hotel, the view from the roof of our hotel and the local Subway Sandwich shop (which serves rice and beans!)



San Jose from our hotel rooftop





San Jose again, notice the KFC ad?!





San Jose

 We left San Jose in the morning and climbed aboard a bus that took us on a three hour ride to our villa in Quepos.  The ride was not too bad and we got to see crocodiles! Once we arrived we settled into cozy new home.  It is small but efficient J We made it to the market the next morning to stock up on all of the essentials…fruit, veggies, bread, etc.  When we got home we cooked our first meal in our little kitchen! 

The wildlife here is incredible.  We have not even been inside the park yet and have already seen tons of monkeys and reptiles.  On Friday afternoon, we learned that monkeys move through an area in large packs.   Our villa and yard/pool area were suddenly covered by around 100 little monkeys jumping from tree to tree eating little pieces of fruit.  We could their pitter patter on the tin roofs of the villas.   



baby-on-board :)





there are huge iguanas all over, this one is small compared to some we have seen

 There are also a lot of cats that run around the grounds of the area where we are staying.  There is one in particular that has taken a liking to us, we named her Isla.  She wants so badly to hang out inside our villa.  For now we just play with her outside and when we go in she stands guard outside.  She is really helping me with my Taela withdrawals J



Chad and Isla outside of our villa



On Friday, we had a chance to meet some of the other students at COSI.  Turns out Spanish immersion programs attract females… Chad seems to be one of the only men attending at this time.  So, all you single men, if you are getting board with online dating, try Spanish immersion!  We got to venture out and experience Quepos night life with some of the ladies on Friday.  Good live music, refreshing but expensive cocktails and good company.