Here is a video of pizotes (I think they're called coaties in English)
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Monday, September 15, 2008
Today was Independence Day in Costa Rica. Each school performs in the parade around town. The following video clips are of our students in the band and the baton girls. The older baton girls in white are in high school and the little ones in red are from the elementary (many of them are from my class). The band sounded really good live, but on the video it sounds pretty bad.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
video clips
Here are a couple of small video clips. Sorry about the poor quality.
The first one is a clip of the cloudforest from the bus window. The second is a view of the beginning of the road that my house in on...part of my daily walk to and from school.
This next video is of howler monkeys. My friend is making the nearby sound to get them started.
I came home for a short visit and was able to update my blog. You'll have to do a lot of scrolling, but hopefully you'll enjoy the pics!
Liz
In front of the entrance to the school
The greenhouse at school
A strangler fig. It starts like a vine coming down from the top of a tree and then surrounds the tree and "eats" it. The hollow part is where a tree used to be.
Our playground at school
A scorpion found in my classroom
White-faced monkey
Santa Elena (the main town by my school)
A hole in the rock island off of "Islas Tortugas" - we took a boat through it
Liz and Heidi sitting on a palm tree off of turtle island
now those are some carrots
View of the Pacific Ocean
sideways picture of an orchid
sunset from my house
Liz, Heidi and Erica in Curu
monkeys
beach to ourselves in Curu
Sand crabs
Arenal volcano
Big leaf!
Rainforest and waterfall near San Rafael
hummingbird
Farmland on the way to Tilaran
pretty flower
view from the rainforest by my house
cool crab
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Hi friends,
Welcome to my blog. I can’t figure out how to get more than one picture to fit side by side so you’ll have to do some scrolling. Also, I’m attaching part of the first e-mail I sent out so if you have already read it you can move on.
I’m living in a small downstairs apartment with another teacher, Heidi, living upstairs. Our place is like a rustic cabin and although it was supposed to come furnished it’s definitely lacking some things. I have one knife and fork, three spoons, two plates, two pots and a cutting board. I have a mini fridge and a propane stove. Everything in the cabin has been built by the owner Adrian. It has a lot of character, but some things are not very practical, like the “closet” in my bedroom. It’s more of a cupboard with a shelf, which means I have to get used to folding every article of clothing and try to keep the stacks from falling out. There is a pro and a con of where our house is located. The pro is that we are surrounded by jungle and the view is awesome (especially with my new binoculars!) The owner has a huge garden, a compost hole, and space for us to plant veggies. The con is that it’s quite a trek to school. My house and the school are both up steep dirt roads, which means I get to say that I have to walk up hill in both directions J It’s about a 25 minute walk if I keep a good pace.
Some things to get used to….
· bugs-you better love them, because they are all around. Along with the numerous cockroaches and moths, I have come across two scorpions! (luckily they’re not deadly-more like a bee sting)
· a friendly slug that likes my sink
· a shower that is heated by a coil and only becomes warm when the water pressure is super low (in other words, cold showers)
· howler monkeys outside my window that have become my alarm clock at 5:30 or 6
· you can’t throw the toilet paper in the toilets here in Costa Rica…there are small garbage cans next to every toilet (kindof gross)
· you never know what the weather will do…it literally changes every minute. You can wake up with sun and by the time I’m ready for school it’s pouring. A rainjacket, boots, and a backpack cover are always with me.
Welcome to my blog. I can’t figure out how to get more than one picture to fit side by side so you’ll have to do some scrolling. Also, I’m attaching part of the first e-mail I sent out so if you have already read it you can move on.
I’m living in a small downstairs apartment with another teacher, Heidi, living upstairs. Our place is like a rustic cabin and although it was supposed to come furnished it’s definitely lacking some things. I have one knife and fork, three spoons, two plates, two pots and a cutting board. I have a mini fridge and a propane stove. Everything in the cabin has been built by the owner Adrian. It has a lot of character, but some things are not very practical, like the “closet” in my bedroom. It’s more of a cupboard with a shelf, which means I have to get used to folding every article of clothing and try to keep the stacks from falling out. There is a pro and a con of where our house is located. The pro is that we are surrounded by jungle and the view is awesome (especially with my new binoculars!) The owner has a huge garden, a compost hole, and space for us to plant veggies. The con is that it’s quite a trek to school. My house and the school are both up steep dirt roads, which means I get to say that I have to walk up hill in both directions J It’s about a 25 minute walk if I keep a good pace.
Some things to get used to….
· bugs-you better love them, because they are all around. Along with the numerous cockroaches and moths, I have come across two scorpions! (luckily they’re not deadly-more like a bee sting)
· a friendly slug that likes my sink
· a shower that is heated by a coil and only becomes warm when the water pressure is super low (in other words, cold showers)
· howler monkeys outside my window that have become my alarm clock at 5:30 or 6
· you can’t throw the toilet paper in the toilets here in Costa Rica…there are small garbage cans next to every toilet (kindof gross)
· you never know what the weather will do…it literally changes every minute. You can wake up with sun and by the time I’m ready for school it’s pouring. A rainjacket, boots, and a backpack cover are always with me.
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