Good Week!

So last Sunday I went surfing with Pablo, Tuti, and Eduardo at this place in Puntarenus (dont know if i spelled that right) but it was insane. You parked outside of an industrial park and had to walk down this long road that only huge diesal trucks were driving on, carrying surfboards, and periodically walking past other surfers. Eventually you get to this beach which you walk all the way down to the left, and climb over rocks until you get to the end where there are around 30 surfers and few people scattered on the beach. Everybody was either there to surf, or was with the surfers, there were no simple beach chillers in this cove. The waves were huge, and since i had my waterproof camera i got some beautiful pictures. Facebook the group Sunday Surf Sessions and you can see some of the pics. I even got up!
St Pattys day was kind of a bust... but i did wear green all week, and we found an irish pub where there was live music and they sold guiness.n i then went to manuel antonio this weekend... i think its one of my favorite places in costa rica. Vista Serena is the chillest hostel, and i have so many friends there. we spent the first night chilling out with conrad and stephen, and then on saturday hunter i went exploring all over the park. it was beautiful, although i was sweating so much, and breathing so hard from hiking around. i def need to get into a little better of shape... i was a little ashamed. we spent saturday night hanging out with alex... the P I M P.... he made bomb grilled chicken and potatoes... it was sooo good. went out to a club.... danced a bit... and then had an interesting encounter with a crazy bitch, which was rather amusing.
When we got back to the hostel, this girl had called the police because her friend went left her cell phone and hadnt checked in. its costa rica! the girl was out drinking tequila shots and just didnt come back till morning. it was funny.. cause everyone wanted to know the story then of what she was doing the night before. Sunday morning was spent getting french toast... and then the rest of the day being a lazy ass bum and watching a movie and napping on and off. i was going to go surfing.. but i didnt have enough money to get down to puntaranus again and get back because they didnt have room in the car for me. sad... but a chill sunday was good for me. i have to go study though.. midterm this afternoon and another one tomorrow.

chillllin

hola! i experienced my first earthquake on wednesday. There was a little one around 11 and another one around 3 in the afternoon. They werent actually that small, but they felt small because the main part of the quake was somewhere deep in the ocean, but it was kind of cool to experience my first earthquake, especially since there was no serious damage. Its amazing how the earth can shake beneath your feet!

Other than that, I have been pretty sick, so I have been resting a lot. Hanging out in san jose this weekend to save money since im having so many stupid issues with my atm card. i hope it takes less than a month to get here. Nothing else too exciting has been going on here... just chilling... went out with hunter and jaclyn the other night for a friends birthday. hopefully im going surfing tomorrow! wicked stoked for that, and im working on hunting down an apartment in boston for september. leves and i are looking in mission hill back bay area... anybody know of anything?

its beautiful here though... im wearing shorts and a tanktop and my speed racer avaitors. i have a nice little tan going. kind of curious if its still snowing in boston but mostly just really happy im here. im starting a research paper on security and the environment... so if anyone has any good sources they would like to pass on... please feel free to email me!

I am really bad at updating these things... because im usually too busy experiencing than wanting to ever sit down and write it all down. where to start? Kelsey and her friend nicole visited me last week, and it was a wicked good time. we went to manuel antonio for a few days, hung out on the beach, the girls got a nice burn going on. sun tan lotion is must for anyway coming to costa rica from boston. the park was beautiful.. it cost 10 dollars to go in, but then had the most beautiful beaches, blue water, white sand, dark rocks to play on... forest to explore... monkeys trying to steal peoples food. it was amazing. we went out for dancing and made friends with a lot of the locals. our hostel was perfect... with this amazing view of the ocean, hamocks.. and lots of chill travelers to hang out with or get tips on whats best to do locally.
We made friends with beach boy stephen from georgia, regge steve, dancing vas, willy the guy with the bomb restaurant, and jorge among others. by our last night... we knew half the town. i like making friends... it was a really good way to practice my spanish!
kelsey and i fell in love with the fajita man outside the club we kept going to get late night munchies in between dancing and hanging out on the beach. the one night stephen and i snuck up to the roof for ten minutes (sweet view) but then the bouncer came up and kicked us off... of course.
hmmm what else.... kelsey got some cubans and we tried those... very smooth. we were just passing one around the table at the hostel... they make you feel kind of manly since they are so enormous. you just wanna your feet up on the table with a pair of shades puffing on one of those. yummy. kelsey and nicole on our last night went home early... and by early i mean like 3 or so... because they did a canopy tour the next day. i on the other hand was out to a ridiculous 6 in the morning hanging out with a hillarious brazilian man and my two new stephens.
it was a crazy week, my friend john was visiting with 4 other northeasterners... one of which was my old TA, and in a restuarant i ran in two guys darren and tyler who i used to run into at northeastern all the time last year. it was a northeastern spring break party in manuel antonio.
Saturday i died... i saw the girls off and then went back to bed until 4 in the afternoon. yes im a bum... but sometimes a girl needs her beauty sleep.
Saturday night was a tico party with my friends melo, andres, pablo, and a bunch of others. it was a wicked good time... we watched some soccer had a few beers... and i pretended i could spanish... youll notice a trend..... i always try and practice my spanish when i go out. i think its getting better... at least i hope. sunday i went with tuti and pablo to the beach... playa hermosa... and they taught me how to surf. i guess i didnt do too bad.. according to tuti... playa hermosa is a hard beach to surf... and i learned on a short board instead of a long board.. im planning on trying again next weekend on our sunday surf sessions.. ill keep you updated on my progress.
in other news.. i am having major issues with my atm card. long story... it got blocked and now im tearing my hair out trying to get a new one sent to me. i hate banks and money and really truly wish you could through the world with just love and hugs. what happened to love and hugs? hopefully ill get access to money soon... until then... love and hugs... thats all i got.

quick update!

hey guys! i dont have a lot of time to update, but i figured i should post before i go away for the week. i spent the weekend in san jose mostly, went out with the group and dani on friday night. Jefe got punched by a huge asshole who is very insecure about his masculinity and kaitlyn and i of course wanted to go over and kick the guys ass for breaking jefes hearing aid. but we didnt... so everyone is alive and well. We spent sunday on the beach, which was beautiful, only to discover monday in class that it is the most polluted beach in costa rica. woot playa jaco. woops.
I had my spanish midterm today and i actually did okay, which is awesome considering i was out until 3 last night dancing and partying with mi prima (my cousin kelsey) and tico friends, and study abroad friends. lets just say it was the place to be last night, and wicked ass fun, and since i was drinking i was still practicing mi espanol. but now i gotta jet because im leaving for manuel antonio with kelsey and nicole and meeting up with john and friends there! ill update on the adventures soon, a much better one i promise.