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My Adventure In Costa Rica. Ricardo Castro Beer This is the school that we started attending our second day in Costa Rica. School in Costa Rica is very
Ricardo Castro Beer This is the school that we started
attending our second day in Costa Rica. School in Costa Rica is
very different.
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The Differences School in the USA Students are required to be
on campus, and in class every day. Classes are disruptive Students
can be punished Bathrooms are equipped with toilet seats, soap,
toilet paper and paper towels, and in most cases seat coverings.
Food is normally prepackaged, and heated up School in Costa Rica
Students are required to be on campus, but not required to go to
class. Classes are very disruptive No disciplinary actions can be
taken Bathrooms have a toilet with out a toilet seat, soap, toilet
paper, and paper towels. Food is homemade
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Typical Food Breakfast : Gallo Pinto (beans and rice mix
together served with an egg) Lunch : beans and rice, salad, fried
plantain and meat Dinner: beans and rice salad, and meat Other
dishes; Olla de carne (pot of beef)- is a stew with yucca, beef,
and potato Plantains- are in the same family as a banana Ceviche-
is fish that is cooked not by heat, but by the acids in lemon and
lime juice. Often served with cilantro. Arroz con pollo (rice with
chicken)- is a dish that is mainly served at parties.
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Fruit Orotina is a city of fruit. Pahybahe- is a fruit that
looks like a lime on the outside, looks like a sweet potato on the
inside, and tastes like an artichoke. (I had a allergic reaction)
Mango Verde- is a green mango, that they eat with salt. Mammon- are
a red spiny fruit that when you open has a clear center with a
seed. It tastes like a grape.
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My host family my family consists of Five people Prisci 19,
Faby 15, Naty 9, Lizbeth and Dago. We lived next to the elementary
school in Hacienda Veija, Orotina. My host father Dago spoke very
good English because he attended Kansas university, in Coffeyville
Kansas.
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Priscilla, Dagoberto, Fabiola, Lizbeth, Nataly The rojas
chinchilla family Priscilla, Dagoberto, Fabiola, Lizbeth,
Nataly
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Faby, Naty, and I playing go fish on the porch
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My wonderful little sister Naty
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Faby, Naty, and Prisci, my sisters
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This is a birthday party that was held my first night for my
aunt.the power was out..and it was raining!
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Fabiola, helping my sister Naty learn to play her instrument
for school
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My sister Naty and I. I was teaching her to swim
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Statue at the park in Orotina
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The captain of our boat got out to feed this wild guy..
Yikes!!!!
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Mangrove trees on the river
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This river is brackish, which means its part salt and fresh
water. The river flows right into the pacific ocean.
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National bird, Turdus grayi or yiguirro This was found hiding
on the porch.
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Me, before I went on the zipline
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Iguanas, these you can see all over Costa Rica. I had them on
my roof.
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The catholic church across from the park
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Capuchin monkeys on the beach Manuel Antonio
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Manuel Antonio beach
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Ferryman that carried us across the tide to the shore
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colones
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One of the dogs that was at the high school
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Alligator that the kids took care of in their agricultural
class
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Kids that joined my friends and I in a game of cards during
school
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Poas volcano, very cold, very stinky (I had asthma attack
here)
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Ox, and oxcart
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California Delegates Carson Wignal, Cat Corle, Aimee Adamson,
Kate Richards, Tristan Knothe