so I have discovered that my classes will not be taking up nearly as much of my time as I thought. I brought one book and my devotional with me. Wifi is spotty and we are in the middle of the mountains, hours from places to go. so, in discovering my immense amount of free time, I will be updating this blog a lot more often.

One thing I have always struggled with is journaling. I have several notebooks with a New Year’s Resolution go at it – about 5 entries that end in February, but I have never kept up with it to the extent I want. So this will serve as my journal of sorts while I am here in Costa Rica.

Today, we woke up and went on a two-hour hike. It wasn’t two hours due to the distance – it was probably only about a mile. But our pace was slow due to the tour we were being given on every plant we saw and every animal noise we heard.

In my environmental journalism class, we sat in a circle and sang Cielito Linda – I wish I was kidding.

That was followed by dinner and some free time which I filled by talking with my roommates.

Got a solid nights sleep – roach free!

Day 2:

Woke up for an 8:30 photography class and quickly learned I had no idea what I was doing. Lots of learning to be done!

Then we hiked a bit and had lunch.

The second day of environmental journalism was a hike. If you have never gone on a two hour silent hike through the remote mountains of Costa Rica with about 15 strangers – I would totally recommend it. Hoping that as I get more in shape the chest pains will go away.

After a long day, 16 of the 32 of us got in some taxis and went to Bar Amigo in Santa Elena. It was magical and I already love this group of people.