So, here is an update of my long holiday weekend; I was miserably sick to start off with. On Wendesday, I lost my voive completely, and had the worst cold ever. On Thursday, we went to the Habitat office, and I was miserable all day, but was toughing it out. Then, near the end of the day, all the skin around my eye started puffing up, and by the time we got home on the bus I looked like a cyclop because I was sick, couldn´t breath or speak, and one eye was swollen nearly shut. I get the weirdest hives (we call it ¨the itchy¨) at the weirdest times, often when i get a cold. So, I trecked out from Helen´s house in Heredia on Thursday night, found a pharmacy, and bought some benadryl. Interesting fact about Latin Ameircan pharmacy service: you can buy just one pill. I know this now because the pharmacist asked me how much benadryl I wanted, and i replied on (thinking that he would hand me one PACKAGE, of 20 or something) but no, I got one pill. I had to complete a second trasaction to get 10 pills. So, I went straight to bed, super drugged up, hoping that i could recover before our 4 hour bus ride to the beach the next morning (Friday, the 4th of July)
I woke up Friday a little improved, but not totally. I was pretty upset, because Eric and I were plannign on meeting some of his peace corps friends at the beach, and i didn´t want ot be trying ot make ne wfriends looking like a one eyed alien. However, a few benadryl, some ice, some big sun glasses, and a 4 hour bus ride later, I stepped into Cahuita presentable and ready to celebrate.
This weekend ended up being really fun! We decided to celebrate the 4th of July in true American style: by congregating with as many other Americans as possible, having a bonfire, and drinking =) Cahuita is on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, south of Limon. For you Source friends- it's just about a 30 minute drive north of Puerto Viejo where we did our mission trip in 2005. Anyway, Cahuita is gorgeous! There are two beaches, one in a national park with white sand, and another really awesome, secluded black sand beach. We stayed on the black beach the first night, then moved to a hotel closer to town on the second night.
Eric and I got into town at about 2 in the afternoon on Friday, and met his friend Ana at the bus station. Then, we went out, found a hotel, and headed straight to the beach. There, we met up with some P.C. kids, and swam for the rest of the afternoon. As I was getting introduced around, we were saying where we are from, and where we live in CR, and one guy named Marcus asked where in Arizona I was from. It turns out he's from Sierra Vista! (about 30 minutes from Benson). We know some of the same people. Small world. There was also another boy on the bus to Cahuita wearing a U of A shirt; turns out he went to the U of A. Craziness. The water was warm, and it was sunny, but not grossly hot. We all went to dinner at a really awesome pizza restaurant (I guess that's close enought to American food to count as celebrating our independence, right?) and then headed back to the beach for a bonfire. We all hung out and drank and talked and ended up jumping in the ocean. It rained, and there was even some biolumenescnece in the water. All in all, awesome. Only down sides: something in the water stung me (no big deal though) and I got eaten alive by mosquitos. Plus, there's a dengue outbreak in the area (one of the peace Corps volunteers had it. sounds awful). However, it´'s been a few days and I don't feel dengue-ish, so I think we're in the clear.
All in all, it was a really awesome 4th of July. I hope that you all had fun! Miss you!
I woke up Friday a little improved, but not totally. I was pretty upset, because Eric and I were plannign on meeting some of his peace corps friends at the beach, and i didn´t want ot be trying ot make ne wfriends looking like a one eyed alien. However, a few benadryl, some ice, some big sun glasses, and a 4 hour bus ride later, I stepped into Cahuita presentable and ready to celebrate.
This weekend ended up being really fun! We decided to celebrate the 4th of July in true American style: by congregating with as many other Americans as possible, having a bonfire, and drinking =) Cahuita is on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, south of Limon. For you Source friends- it's just about a 30 minute drive north of Puerto Viejo where we did our mission trip in 2005. Anyway, Cahuita is gorgeous! There are two beaches, one in a national park with white sand, and another really awesome, secluded black sand beach. We stayed on the black beach the first night, then moved to a hotel closer to town on the second night.
Eric and I got into town at about 2 in the afternoon on Friday, and met his friend Ana at the bus station. Then, we went out, found a hotel, and headed straight to the beach. There, we met up with some P.C. kids, and swam for the rest of the afternoon. As I was getting introduced around, we were saying where we are from, and where we live in CR, and one guy named Marcus asked where in Arizona I was from. It turns out he's from Sierra Vista! (about 30 minutes from Benson). We know some of the same people. Small world. There was also another boy on the bus to Cahuita wearing a U of A shirt; turns out he went to the U of A. Craziness. The water was warm, and it was sunny, but not grossly hot. We all went to dinner at a really awesome pizza restaurant (I guess that's close enought to American food to count as celebrating our independence, right?) and then headed back to the beach for a bonfire. We all hung out and drank and talked and ended up jumping in the ocean. It rained, and there was even some biolumenescnece in the water. All in all, awesome. Only down sides: something in the water stung me (no big deal though) and I got eaten alive by mosquitos. Plus, there's a dengue outbreak in the area (one of the peace Corps volunteers had it. sounds awful). However, it´'s been a few days and I don't feel dengue-ish, so I think we're in the clear.
All in all, it was a really awesome 4th of July. I hope that you all had fun! Miss you!
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We may be freak sisters... I get hives when I get cold too!
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