1) felt an earthquake
We had a bbq the last day of orientation week. It was the night before we moved into our host families houses and we were celebratating being PCTs. There was good food and good dancing (you can guess who started the party...) In the middle of dinner the ground started shaking. It wasnt a very strong movement, but we could tell something was strange. For the first 5 seconds or so, I had no idea what it was. It took a bit, but I slowly realized that it was the earth that was moving. It wasnt a strong earthquake, but it shook us around. we all cheered when it was over. not only had we finished our first week in the peace corps, but we had also experienced our first costa rican earthquake.
2) seen a scorpion
I went to visit a current volunteer in Guanacaste, CR. This is part of our training so that we can get a better idea of what volunteer life is like. Kristen, my volunteer, had told me about an experience she had had with a scorpion under her pillow. it only happened to her once, but she reccommened that i shake out my sheets before i went to bed.
later that night we decided to watch a movie. the lights were out and we could only see by the light of the tv, but, sure enough, in comes a scorpion. it was about the size of my hand and was headed straight towards my room. its dead now. rip scorpi!
3) seen a bot fly
similar story. kristen and I were watching a movie, and Kristens tico boyfriend spots the insect that gives you bot-flies. its dead now, too. rip botie!
4) ive eaten so many new kinds of fruits i cant even remember all their names. a few are
jacote
guanabana
guava
chinese guava
and i really forgot at least 5 others
5) eaten an avacado straight off the tree
avacados will never be the same for me. theres no turning back now.
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