la pura vida

My first week on trail was pretty good! I was co-guiding with Carlos (or Carlitos as it's common in Costa Rica to add itos to the end of words for fun). He is a local tico and grew up in the jungle and is amazingly learning english and guiding and had guided for outward bound programs the last 4 years. He's awesome and funny and a good co-guide. He also has an adorable 2 year old son!

We went climbing for 2 days and white water rafting for 2 days and stayed with a host family. They cooked us amazing food (gallo pinto is the national dish here--rice and beans which you add things like a scrambled egg or plaintains to spice it up).

The group was 6 students and 2 guides which was really nice and manageable. I didn't bring my camera this week because I was afraid of the humidity but I will take some pictures when I'm off shift and post them.

I'm actually going to be working 3 weeks in a row. This coming week will be sea kayaking with 5 students so it should be fun! Not sure what I'll be up to my last week. Then I'll have 2 weeks off and some time to relax and take pictures and post some more! I just thought an update would be good now since I got up early and have my computer handy.

Ok until next week!
La pura vida!
Rose (or Rosita :)