July 16, 2012

San Jose, California?

We have just returned back from San Jose, Costa Rica—not California, though at times we felt as though we had returned state side! There were significant differences between the two neighboring countries of Costa Rica and Nicaragua that could not be easily missed; the cleanliness of the streets and countryside, the road system, the prices, the high rise buildings, the amount of English that is spoken, the lack of stray dogs and it seems as though people generally have enough to eat (although we don’t want to minimize the exceptions).
Prior to the commencing of CLADE V, we took the opportunity to take in a weekend of sights and natural beauty that is Costa Rica. We visited Volcano Arenal, Monteverde and Manuel Antonio National Park.
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Reflections from our time at CLADE V will follow shortly!

2 comments:

Camille said...

A break from the routine sights and sounds is always interesting, isn't it?

As for the comment about the fewer number of dogs... A little bolivian girl recently informed me that along with pumas and sloths another "animal tipico de Bolivia es el perro". I tried to convince her that is the case in many countries :)

Hope you two are doing well!
Camille

Cassie and Kevin Zonnefeld said...

Thanks Camille for the note. We were just showing your picture on the fridge last night to old Bolivia SALTERS. So we were thinking of you and hoping that all is well down South!