So I decided it was time to jump on the blogging bandwagon since I have so many pictures and so many stories to tell these days, and so many people who I want to know what is going on in my life. This is my first time blogging, we'll see how it goes.
As most of you who are checking this out already know, I'm currently studying for an MA in Natural Resources and Sustainable Development at the United Nations-chartered University for Peace in Costa Rica, as part of a dual-degree program with American University in D.C. After 2 solid years of school, I'll be graduating in the summer of '09 with the MA from UPeace as well as an MA in International Affairs from AU. Hopefully that will leave me set up for an awesome job, preferably somewhere in Latin America or on the West Coast of the good ol' U.S., working in the field of environment and international development.
I've been here in Costa Rica since December and have had many adventures already, from surfing the Pacific and Caribbean coasts to volunteering on a permaculture farm on the Island of Omotepe in Nicaragua (and many many things in between, including of course classes). I will soon be off on the next big adventure, which is a 3 1/2 month internship where I will be in Nicargua, El Salvador or Guatemala. Hopefully I'll be figuring this out soon, as I'm supposedly leaving in about 3 weeks. It's alright though, I'm on Tico (aka Costa Rican) time.
Now I'm going to attempt to post some pictures and other fun things here. Enjoy!
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Swimming hole
Nate, David, and me at the local swimming hole
Climbing
David climbing at the swimming hole near our house. This is the location of my first rock-climbing lesson.
Beautiful Miraflor
a home in Miraflor with the nature reserve and mountains beyond
Waterfall jumping!
sweet swimming hole in Miraflor
Catching chicharras in Miraflor
We spent half the day in Miraflor catching bugs in the trees with this awesome kid
Parasite tree in Miraflor, Nicaragua
this parasite killed the tree inside it over 200 years ago, now you can climb it inside and out, as David and these Nicaraguan kids
Sunset
sunset at Las Penitas, Nicaragua
Howler monkeys
a family of howler monkeys on Omotepe
Omotepe
Concepcion, one of the volcanos that makes up the island of Omotepe in Lake Nicaragua
In the jungle...
with Nathan and Crystal (visiting from Michigan) in the jungles of Claudio Barillo National Park
Hammock time
Crazy photo of Andrea and me hanging out in the hammock at my house
Charging in Dominical
After getting worked I went after some of these smaller waves which turned out to be a lot of fun
Gotta love waterproof cameras
taking surfing pics in the water at Dominical
Attempting backside in Dominical
I'm attempting to work on my backside here in Costa Rica
The "Cool Bus"
Chilling in the Cool Bus in Dominical
La Selva Biological Station
Venturing into the jungle
Ladro Ladies!
In Manuel Antonio with Andrea and Sheena
David and Lynn Manuel Antonio
David and me hiking (and swimming) though Manuel Antonio National Park
Volcan Poaz
Posing with the smoking crater of the beautiful Poaz
Cute huh?
David and me having a couple of beers at a surfers bar in Playa Hermosa
Surfing accident #1
A minor bruise from getting Sheena's leash caught around my arm while she was learning to surf at Jaco
Surfing accident #2
2 days after the incident in Jaco I broke my board in half trying to surf at low tide in Manuel Antonio
Surfing Playa Cocles
my first time out surfing in Costa Rica. I was pretty pumped
1 comment:
Glad you are starting a blog Lynn! I think it's a wonderful way to keep with your life! :) I still have my myspace blog or I have a livejournal blog where I duplicate the info from my myspace blog. I can't promise that I will have as interesting things on my blog as you will have on yours though. ;)
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