or 'Staging Area' as Charlie called it since we don't really have a home. The only remnant from our 498 Carl Street home was our bed, which i happily hopped up and down on the first second I walked in the door at my parent's house.
We left the volcanos, mango trees, rice and beans, etc. this morning and are now lounging in my parent's living room after a huge fantastic Chinese New Year dinner with my family! Happy New Year (it's the year of the ram!)!!
Final week activities in Costa Rica included a few days' attempt at surfing, watching superbowl with a bunch of Americans in the largly foreigner-populated beach town of Nosara, and a few days volunteering with Habitat for Humanity!
We stayed with a family in Miramar in Central Costa Rica and helped a young family build their home. It was HARD WORK, especially under the fierce sun. Even though we only had 3 days, we helped them out quite a bit with the foundation. It was fun and rewarding and we had a great time with the family, first chance we had to get to know some local Ticos. We have new found respect for construction work and are looking forward to hopefully doing more the second part of our trip or back here at home.
Tomorrow we are off to Vancouver for a short visit to see my grandma and some snowboarding at Whistler!
Posted by Karen at February 02, 2003 06:40 AM