days 25 and 26: wednesday/thursday

wednesday
today was suppose to be the day we went waterfall repelling but that didn't end up happening because there was a 3 hour long downpour that afternoon. after boarding the bus, driving 45 minutes and walking 1/2 a mile our guide told us that we wouldn't be able to cross the 2 rivers to get to the waterfall. he told us the river is normally 10 cm deep and it was now 3 meters due to all the rain. instead we got to hike around for an hour and then head back home. i think we're going to reschedule for next friday morning because it doesn't usually rain until after 2. after we got back steve and i worked out at the gimnasio again. for the night, 15 or so students headed to fiesta because it is "cowboy night" every wednesday. they had a mechanical bull and everyone was wearing boots and trying to two step, it was hilarious. sure i don't know how to salsa but at least i can two step...sortve. after we hung out there for a while and watched the bull riding contest we decided to get a taste of america and eat at the denny's which is conveniently located nextdoor. the funny thing is in costa rica denny's is a really nice restauraunt, everything costs $10 or more. the only people that typically eat at denny's in college station are senior citizens and drunk college students at around 3am, but i decided not to tell them that. for some reason my credit card didn't work there and i had already ordered my food so i had to get someone to cover me, this was really frustrating.

thursday
i decided to sleep in today and not go to school until after break at 10am. this was probably one of the best decisions of my time here, it was awesome to get to sleep in until 9 and i didn't really miss anything at school. after showing up late the rest of my day flew by. after school we headed to heredia which is the closest big city to san joaquin de flores. it's about a 15 minute bus ride and one of the most polluted cities i've ever seen. i think it's because 80% of the cars on the road are buses and they probably don't have tough emissions standards here. we heard they had lots of american fast food places in town so we decided to eat at pizza hut which tasted exactly like back home. it was really good to eat at two normal places in 2 days. the girls in my class told me that they even had dr. pepper at one of the supermarkets in town so we went on a 45 minute adventure to find it, only to come up empty handed. we asked at least 10 locals but none of them had a clue where automercado was. disappointed, we headed back to san joaquin, but i figured ive gone 4 weeks without my favorite beverage what's 10 more days. i decided to catch up on my reading and homework tonight because i've kind've been slacking off lately. i got home talked to my family for an hour or so and was asleep by 10pm.