Well, as the title implies, yesterday I had an accidental camping adventure. I hung out at School of the World, chilling with some of my fellow students, until about ten O'Clock. Then I headed back to my host family's house, only to discover that they had all gone to sleep, and locked the door! (note to my roommates - and here you thought I kept an early schedule!) I think my host mom thought she'd given me a key, but alas, she had not.
So, my adventure began. Luckily, it's nice and warm in Costa Rica, and there are some nice hammocks at the school, so I wasn't too worried. I just went back to the school and curled up in a hammock. Unfortunately, I had forgotten to factor in the mosquito issue. There was soon a swarm around me, feasting on any exposed flesh. I ended up solving this by using two towels as blankets, and covered every part of my body save a tiny hole to breathe out of.
Now, all of this would have been fine, except it ends up getting just a little bit chilly in the middle of the night. Because of the cold I ended up going in and out of sleep until 4 AM when I heard a friend wake up and catch a cab to the airport, so I snuck into his now-abandoned room and slept the rest of the night.
Good times. Anyways, now I have a key, so that won't happen again.
Quick update on everything else: the first week at School of the World is almost over - I can't believe how quickly it went by! I'm learning a lot of Spanish, and having a blast surfing. I'm now catching waves on my own, and caught two really good ones today. I've also had some pretty spectacular wipeouts. Oh, and I was chatting with a friend this morning who noted that I'd talked a lot about what I was doing, but hadn't mentioned my classmates, and was worried I was all sad and lonely. Don't worry - all the people at the school (classmates, instructors, etc) are awesome - I am just holding back on stories about them to protect the innocent.
Well, I just finished up yoga which was the last class of the week, and now I'm gonna get changed and then go to our end-of-the-week barbeque. I won't be posting anything this weekend 'cause I'll be off on a 2-day adventure - we're gonna go to a volcano, swim in some hot springs, and do a zipline tour (and see monkeys!) I'll send an update next week with the trip report.
Have a great weekend!
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