Sorry that it’s been such a long time for all of you avid blog readers of mine. Don’t have much time to say anything except that I have been able to watch 1 out 2 Brewers postseason games thus far. Tonight I’m hoping to make it 2 out of 3. And 3 for 3 on wins!

Here are some pictures:

First of all some old pictures from my birthday. Photos courtesy of my friend Hannah.

Playa Carillo, in Samara 9/16. By far my favorite beach so far. But since we went to beaches 3 weekends in a row, you can say that I don't want to see a beach for a while.

The girls are supposed to be spelling out Costa Rica. (Pretty poor effort, I know.)

Below is our first day of our field trip which consisted of a visit to San Gabriel 9/20 (I realize none of you know where any of these places. I include the location so you can look it up on map if you wish.) We each stayed for a day with a family on their farms. The people do not have much but they live off the land and sell what they can for a profit. Many of them built their own houses which, considering how well built they were, was very impressive.

The next day (9/21) we traveled to a Costa Rican indigenous community, the Maleku. It was basically very similar to reservations in the US. The people have very little but are extremely amiable. We were given the "tour" so to speak. The most interesting portion was a tour through a garden and the description of the medicinal properties of all the plants they had there. Note that below is traditional dress. The people wear typical Western clothing day to day.

Volcan Arenal 9/22, La Fortuna. The hotel we stayed at here was amazing and only $25/ night. This is the view of the volcano from my hotel room. Sorry I didn't take more pictures of it all.

This past weekend, I stayed in Bagaces. I got to watch the Badgers destroy Nebraska on Saturday. Amazing. And I already mentioned that I saw the Brewers win on Sunday. My host family watched the Badgers with me, I think Futbol Americano is growing on them. Baseball is another story however.