Coconut
11:08 AM
First off, I want everyone to know that I am studying my Spanish on the beach... I´m not just laying out in the sun and swimming in the waves =) I try to talk to some different people each day I am at the beach. I have made friends with some local Ticos and I typically speak with them (one of them gave me my surf lesson for free). So, I am surrounded by Spanish. It gets a little difficult sometimes when I have both Spanish and English running around in my head, like now when I am writing this blogg. It gets difficult to compose the sentences in the correct structure with the correct words. Oh... and sometimes I´m at a loss of words in both languages. I think that is what makes it great!
The past few days I´ve spent on the beach have been nice. Yesterday I went shopping at the vendors and did some bargining. The prices here in Manuel Antonio, and in Quepos too, are not that great because it is a torist location. A lot of things are the same price as they would be in the USA. For example, a t-shirt here costs the same amount as a t-shirt you´d buy in any store, especially if it is a name brand. A soda costs about $2.00 USD and water about $1.50 USD. Some food is expensive, it just depends on where you go. However, the hotels tend to be cheap (you can stay in a decent hotel for about $40-$50 USD) and to take the public bus it costs me 200 Colones, which is approximately $.35 USD.
Yesterday on the beach I had my first real coconut. They either put a hole in the top or cut off the top. The water inside the coconut was nothing like I had expected. It was pretty bland. After, you can open the coconut up and eat the inside. It was pretty good, but a little bland. I think that in most places that use coconut that they put sugar on the coconut to give it a bit more flavor.
Most of the food here is great. I am very lucky that my host mother is an amazing cook. We have fresh fish a few times a week. One day we had a whole red snapper (I´ve got pictures of it!) and it was delicious. It was funny to eat the fish while it´s eye was still in tact. You had to be careful about the spines and bones.... if you swallow one, it could result in a hospital visit!
I´m not sure of my plans this weekend. Maybe some more beach time, maybe some visits to some waterfalls. We shall see. Until next week... nos vemos (see ya).
The past few days I´ve spent on the beach have been nice. Yesterday I went shopping at the vendors and did some bargining. The prices here in Manuel Antonio, and in Quepos too, are not that great because it is a torist location. A lot of things are the same price as they would be in the USA. For example, a t-shirt here costs the same amount as a t-shirt you´d buy in any store, especially if it is a name brand. A soda costs about $2.00 USD and water about $1.50 USD. Some food is expensive, it just depends on where you go. However, the hotels tend to be cheap (you can stay in a decent hotel for about $40-$50 USD) and to take the public bus it costs me 200 Colones, which is approximately $.35 USD.
Yesterday on the beach I had my first real coconut. They either put a hole in the top or cut off the top. The water inside the coconut was nothing like I had expected. It was pretty bland. After, you can open the coconut up and eat the inside. It was pretty good, but a little bland. I think that in most places that use coconut that they put sugar on the coconut to give it a bit more flavor.
Most of the food here is great. I am very lucky that my host mother is an amazing cook. We have fresh fish a few times a week. One day we had a whole red snapper (I´ve got pictures of it!) and it was delicious. It was funny to eat the fish while it´s eye was still in tact. You had to be careful about the spines and bones.... if you swallow one, it could result in a hospital visit!
I´m not sure of my plans this weekend. Maybe some more beach time, maybe some visits to some waterfalls. We shall see. Until next week... nos vemos (see ya).
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