Mango + ice cream = (my)ce cream

I just want to quickly describe the ambiance going on right now; a little five senses checklist. I see the city lights of San José dotting the lush hills out of my bedroom window to the left. I hear my ticapadre Berto trying to sing along to Simon & Garfunkel (he's obsessed with 70's and 80's music from the U.S.) combined with an occasional neighing of a horse (my ticamadre just discovered Farmville, an internet game where you harvest crops from the looks of it??). I feel my laptop burning my lap. Seriously, the name laptop is so deceiving- it should be more like "conveniently fold-able computer that will singe your mid-section" I smell my Old Spice Fiji deodorant, which tantalizes my olfactory receptors. Also, my room just has a humid musk about it. Finally, I taste the creamy mango ice cream I got at Helados POPS, the best ice cream in Costa Rica. Not really, actually, but I wish I still tasted it. Actually my mouth tastes like a blend of the ceviche (raw fish "cooked" in lemon juice acid, served with peppers and celery) and the Altoid I ate a few minutes ago. snarf!



Today the group from New York came. It was a clear, hot and humid day and I think I literally think my pores closed up for the day a few minutes ago (seems to be a common theme, ya?) After class we traveled around the city for a while, seeing most of the main attractions the downtown has to offer. If you ask me, the group from New York did nothing to try to blend in- their habit of taking a picture of everything they saw was rather conspicuous, and ill-advised by the natives (its faux-pas for tourists to flash their "things" in public; its pretty much a free invitation for thieves to relieve you of your belongings) Had my double cone of guanabana-flavored ice and mango ice cream, which gave me another what I like to call "Ratatouille moment" (named after the movie...basically when you eat something so delicious you close your eyes and music starts playing in your head. some cultures know it as "euphoria")



Gotta finish my homework quick and then I can get back to Robinson Crusoe. great book! Also making reservations to visit a world-famous coffee plantation this weekend w00t!

stay thirsty my friends!