Costa Rica 101

Saturday, August 30, 2008

Hi

Hi! Sorry it takes me so long to do anything. These dorky Spanish key boards are confusing me. My dad makes me do all the educational stuff so it’s not really my fault. Costa Rica is a whole different experience. At least my hair didn’t turn green like it did in Mexico (at least it hasn’t yet). I have become attached to a Costa Rican novella on the Disney Channel called Patito Feo. I’ve got the theme song stuck in my head. It’s about middle schoolers so their just a little bit older than us. But, hopefully at our school everybody isn’t falling all over each other crying. My dad being my grammar teacher and it’s getting kind of annoying. There are about ten times more abandoned dogs here as in Colorado it is so sad. People don’t appreciate animals at all here. A few days ago our driver almost ran over a dog and he just laughed. I got to go but I will be posting some videos of people going down one of the most fun water slides of my life. BYE!

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Map of Costa Rica

This is costa Rica and surrounding areas.

Cristobal Colon Exploro Costa Rica

Costa Rica y Cristobal Colon En el cuarto viaje de colon el nesesitaba bajar su ancla cerca de que hoy se conoce como Puerto limon El cambio regales y regreso hablando de oro. Era su descripcion de la costa rica que le dio el nombre. Colon murio en 1506. sus herederos descubrieron que no habia tanto oro. No era hasta 1560 que un colonia de espana tenia un establecimiento.

Sunday, August 24, 2008

National Musuem and the Ruins of Guayabo

This week I went to the National Museum of Costa Rica and the ruins of Guayabo here are my videos and photos. My guide was Edgar. Este semana fue al Museo National de Costa Rica y las ruinas de Guayabo aqui son mis videos y fotos. El nombre de mi guia era Edgar.

Humans have inhabited the forests of Costa Rica for over 10,000 years. For thousand of years there were approximately 20 different Tribes. Each tribe was under the rule of one chief. Archeologists uncovered the only ruins from these people in Costa Rica about 40 miles from San Jose. The ancient city Guayabo is thought to be a ceremonial site that contains paved roads and decorative gold. Though not everything is known about these ancient people some are still trying to understand and hoping they find answers rather than more questions.