day 32: esoj nas

water rappelling got cancelled AGAIN. this time it´s rescheduled for friday morning at 8:30. class is cancelled that day and i was looking forward to sleeping in but i guess that won´t happen because the company already has my $45. since my plans for the afternoon i tried to make the most of my day. everyone else was out late the night before so they all headed home to take naps. i figured it´d be a good idea to head to san jose and check it out seeing as it is the nation´s capital. the student coordinator tried to convince me it was too dangerous to go alone but i didn´t want to just sit around all day doing nothing, especially since i only have 2 more afternoons left. i grabbed a city map with a few spots circled and hopped on the bus which takes about 30 minutes. the next 2 hours i walked around the city looking at some of the cultural things like the teatro nacional and various plazas. nothing too great but oh well. then, an ''american'' named ricky approached me and gave me some sob story about how he got robbed and if i could spare a few dollars. being the sucked i am i ended up buying him a medium pizza for $8. after that he tried to con me out of more money but i said no and left. i wasn´t sure when the next busy came so i flagged a taxi back to town. met a nice guy who then proceeded to take the longest way possible back to san joaquin. i knew he was running up the meter but there´s really nothing i could´ve done. it ended up being about 5,500 ($11) colones when last time it only cost 4,000 ($8). it could´ve been worse but i guess you have to expect that being a tourist. i have so much homework tonight but at least there´s only 1 more day of class left. the key will be to continue practicing when i get back, but who knows. i would kind´ve like to so i didnt waste the past 5 weeks. anyone know if they offer spanish lessons cheap anywhere in houston, if so let me know. tonight is noche de vaquero and i´m expecting big things and hopefully denny´s ha