Senior journalism and English major at the University of Maryland goes on 12 week hiatus to do volunteer work in a small town in Costa Rica. Can she utilize her mediocre Spanish skills to make new friends and teach English to small children? Can she ingratiate herself with said children without the use of sugary bribes? Will she succumb to malaria (or be driven insane by lucid dreams brought on my anti-malarial meds)? And will she ever make it to the sloth sanctuary? Only time will tell...
ticos
Tico/a(s): Costa Rican(s). The name comes from the Costa Ricans' custom of frequently using the diminutive in their speech, (e.g., "momentico,"), formed by adding the variant "tico" to the end of words.
Friday, September 17, 2010
Little earthquake
We had an earthquake here in Costa Rica yesterday. The epicenter was in Puntarenas, which is about 250km from where I am, but one of the volunteers who works outside our town said she could feel the ground shake. I didn't feel anything, but with all the kids running around at my daycare, the ground is always shaking. You can read the USGS report here, and there's also an article on Earthquake Report.
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groundbreaking news! (womp womp)
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