volcanos, Jaco, the zoo and everything else that's going on

Days turn into weeks and suddenly im a veteran of San Jose.
It's been a while since i've managed to update the blog and i have so much to tell you all!

First of all, i've moved from my homestay family in the suburbs and now live at the local hostel Pangea in the city center as the plan was that i would start in the zoo 5 minutes away from the hostel this tuesday.

The plans got changed as 2 other girls also going to work with me in the zoo were told they werent wanted and had to find another project instead.
I show up 08.00 to locked doors.
A brown, old car drives up to the front gate and a man gets out.
Turns out he's the "boss" and after some broken spanish we establish the fact that im a volounteer.
We move through rough vegetation ( still hold in mind this is the zoo) and pass spidermonkeys looking at me probably knowing this was a newbie

A phone call later in the "bosses" run down office im told to come back in an hour and just wonder around the zoo if i want.
I pass a stressed lion. Toucans, jaguar,jagarundi, ocelot, porkypine.. snakes, frogs and constantly dodge objects falling from trees over my head.
I go back to the office and im told i dont need to meet up until thursday!
Im taking the liberty to get thursday off so my great experience in the zoo will only be one week long and i kinda feel dissapointed that the organisation in norway and here are telling all these great stories and nothing really is true.

Communication is poor. i wait for mailes to arrive with info on new projects. turns out the computer is too old so i have to come by and get a black and white print out.
I dont really know what to think, but im not coming home, thats for sure!

There is a possibility that i can work as a ranger doing night patrols in a national park.. just my kinda thing

Last week the school went on a trip to a volcano. Didnt see anything as the fog was too thick. still, fun to be outside of the classroom doing other stuff.
All the teachers came with thick jackets, hats and gloves! It wasnt even cold for englishmen!

Friday i moved me and all my things to Pangea and had a good nights sleep before i next morning headed to the coca cola busstation.
The cab driver looked 100% like Benicio Del Toro and even had the same broken english accent! Gave him a little tip, it made his day and as he drove away he gave me a big smile and waved like mad

Met two girls from the school and we borded the bus for Jaco.
My seat # 45 did not exist. Turns out seats 45 and 46 are missing on most buses!
So i sat on the bus floor for most of the trip, this is backpacking the right way i made myself belive.

The plan was that we checked in to hotel de haan and the rest of the norwegian girls + an australian would meet upduring the day.
One thing i've noticed is that without a mobile either you make a good plan that no one can get wrong and stick to it or you plan it bad and the last party sit around and dont understand a thing making up several scenarios such as " did the bus crash" " did they party too hard last night and missed their bus" and the ultimate scenario " Have they forgotten us?!"

we all managed to meet up alltough later than expected and checked out Jaco's nightlife.
Jaco is basically a tiny version of Las Vegas.
One strip,where everything happens!
During the night i was bitten and my back and arms were full of minibites.
Didnt think too much about this and enjoyed the rest of the day and sunset before we left Jaco and headed back to San Jose.

This leads me to today.
The bites on my back and arms are swollen and i feel abit sick too.. what to do?

I hopped in a cab with an american named, Cole, and told the driver to head over to Hospital Clinica Biblica.
Cole's been bad for over a week and has already been to the Biblica several times to take blood tests.
I headed over to the emergency room and only sat down for 5 minutes before a speaker shouted my name and i was taken back. Did a quick check up and was asked to stepp outside and waited 5 more minutes.
A doctor shouts my name, Kongsgaard being tricky once again showed me in to a room.

Does another fact check and finds time to ask me if Norway is cold, home of the vikings and gets Copenhagen's marihuana district mixed up with Oslo! It's not until the doctor sees my back and arms his voice changes.
Writes a prescripton for some tablets and an antibiotics-cream.
Tells me to come back in 3 days if the situation gets worse and that its.
Pay the bill ( very cheap allthough privat hospital)

And there you have it. Another week for T in Costa Rica.
Cant say i get bored here.. too much drama for that

Hope everyone is fine.
Hear the storm Tuva is moving towards Norway, England being affected at all?

Pictures will take some time to upload.. very bad internett .. so i guess they will come when they come!

p.s.

Erik M :

Håper du får en knall tur til Frankrike, kos deg masse og nyt litt ferie!
Kjør hardt, kjør stil

A few pictures i managed to upload.
I dont have anymore space so i have to wait until february before i can add more pics!

The gang having a break at the Palmares festival

The house i lived in at the homestay.
Everyone has fences to keep criminals outside!
Not a very good picture but at least you get a brief view of a typical ( middleclass9 costa rican home

Me, trekking in Manuel Antonio.
The bandana is incase things drop on my head from monkeys etc!