As my teacher friend told me the first week of school: " You can forget about visiting towns and cities, once you have seen one you have seen them all. They all have the town square, the church and some ancillary buildings." The reason you come to Costa Rica, he told me before he went to jail, was to experience nature and I am discovering how right he was...is.I had a great week-end just exploring around where I live. On Saturday I visited the beaches near me, Playa Panama and Playa Ocotel and now I know why my beach ( Hermosa) is so great. These other beaches were somewhat rocky, small, and not long. The more I use Playa Hermosa the greater I like it because there are no rocks, few waves and even some tourists to talk to these days.
To-day (Sunday), I went with a few teacher friends to the Vieja volcano and within a few square kilometers we must have walked through three or four different eco systems. 
Unlike New Zealand, the she-she place for hiking where they even have paved walkways and toilets, this was real hiking but the fascinating thing is we actually started at a rainforest, saw waterfalls which will be dry in a few weeks and then splutering mud holes and other natural wonders totally different in nature then what we just went through. Have a look at the pictures and I think you will be amazed at all of the different things we saw on this three hour walk.
Unlike New Zealand, the she-she place for hiking where they even have paved walkways and toilets, this was real hiking but the fascinating thing is we actually started at a rainforest, saw waterfalls which will be dry in a few weeks and then splutering mud holes and other natural wonders totally different in nature then what we just went through. Have a look at the pictures and I think you will be amazed at all of the different things we saw on this three hour walk.It is so amazing to believe that with a few square kilometers there are so many natural landforms and micro weather systems. I loved the mud pools with the spluttering eruptions so if you look at the pictures you can see the movie of the mud erupting. I was considering going a little closer but my friends wisely suggested I do it on my own time. They weren't crazy about the possibility of sending my body home and all of the forms they would have to sign. Remember Josh, when you almost put your hand in one of these fumorales in New Zealand?
This week should be busy as usual with staff and parent meetings, marketing and branding meetings and the usual 'teaching stuff.' I am looking forward to Friday when I am flying to New York via El Salvador for a family wedding and seeing my own family. Can't wait.
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