After Nicaragua I carried my camera with me everywhere.
Here are some splatterings of Monteverde, outside the Institute.
My favorite breakfast, really. natilla, plantains, coffee in my favorite mug (which my mom ended up giving me!! she had two.)
This is my mom Maribel with her boss's daughter.
Brazel. By the end of my stay he thought of me as his older sister. He's the best.
That's my brother. Four months is a very small time to know someone, but he grew so much over my time there. We all did.
That's Freddy. He's my uncle. I think Brazel took this photo.
Esteban. When I got home from Nicaragua there was this boy staying at our house who was helping Ariel at the Lavacar. He's 21, believe it or not. He was a really great addition to the family and made me feel super at ease.
Here Mari and I are picking frijoles on Freddy's farm with his two kids.
I spent too much time here.
This is from the time I learned to play Canasta at Dulce Marzo, my faaaaavorite coffee shop/bakery in Monteverde. I spent many afternoons here playing cards, or Trivial Pursuit (1981 GENUS EDITION), or just gossiping with Katie, the barista.
La Feria. Farmer's Market. Saturday mornings were spent here.
Post office! DIdn't spend too much time here, compared to how often I am at a post office in the states. I really just loved the design of it. Despite the fact that Costa Rica doesn't really have an address system, it's pretty good with mail.
Alejandro.
That's Raul and Diego, Alejandro's roommate. They play music sometimes and were jamming out at Diego's tienda.
Diego and Amy! I only had the opportunity to get to know Amy for a month before she left Monteverde to move to FRANCE for three months before school, but she really was my right hand for that time.
Speaking of Amy, we went on an adventure to the Monteverde Reserve. Here are some photos:
Stacey is from Canada. She was also a volunteer at Creativa, where Amy was volunteering as well.
Continuing on, this is CALLIE! He was the first friend I made from the motorcycle gang. He rode from Portland, OR to Monteverde and was hanging out for a month before heading back to the states. He took me to climb my first fig tree
Milan. Also motorcycle gang, but he and Andrew were continuing on to South America, hopefully getting to Chile or Argentina This is him packing up.
Andrew. I really miss these dudes.
Speaking of DUDES, here's a crew for you. Yanni, Dario, Andres, Orlando, and Gerry. Awesome.
Anna and Gerry.
NEXT UP: Windmill farm, Semana Santa, Finals at MVI, and summer-age.
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