The ladybug wraps up the program and flies to San Jose

Hey again!

So last I left you I was on the finca all sick. That night was our last night on the finca, and we had a speaker from a non profit on the island who works in the permaculture field. He had been a college student at the University of Vermont studying philosophy, graduated, and then he came down to Costa Rica to surf and have fun. About a month later he decided to get into agriculture and started the non profit in Nicaragua, working with the community to better plan farms and increase hybrid breeding of fruit trees to maximize quantity and production. It was interesting work, but I didn’t like him because he was really cocky and sarcastic. He lacked humility, which is a quality that I respect in people who dedicate their lives to non profit work.

Anyway, after he spoke we had dinner, and I was really sick so I went to bed early. I missed all of the fun partying going on though. It was Christine and Cat’s 21st birthdays and there was a big party that I was too sick to attend. Big bummer.

The next morning we left Ometepe really early to go to San Juan del Sur, a beach on the Pacific side of Nicaragua. We had so much fun here! We stayed at a really nice hotel right by the beach and Lupe, Rose, Scott, and I were having a blast hanging out on the beach, drinking daiquiris, and basking in the sun. Good times.

This was the official last night of the program. After spending the day on the beach we met for dinner at a fancy Mediterranean restaurant. Max gave us these really cute T shirts that say “It’s bean real”. We ate a bunch of nice food, and then went out for drinks at Bar Iguana, which is where apparently a month prior to our visit Matthew Mcconaughey had gotten wasted at the very same bar and was found face down in the sand the next morning after trying all night to get with some Ticas at the bar. We were all looking around for Matthew, but sadly we imagine he left to go to some other beach a while later. At the bar we chatted with these gringos from Pittsburgh who had all gone to the same high school, but different colleges and grad schools. Some of them were nice, but they were kind of boring at times. I had more fun dancing with my classmates than chatting with them.

So that was the end of the program! I have another entry’s worth of stuff to talk about since we stayed a few nights in San Jose, so, stay tuned one last time!

Love,
Ceci