Puriscal

So today is saturday and Ari and I and two of the volunteer decided to go to Puriscal which is a 2 hour bus ride away, but its the closest town with a bank and store of anykind. We figured we should get some more colones and little things we forgot like hand sanitizer and i need a mirror, who knows what ive been looking like the past few days.
So the bus stops in front of our house at 5:45am so we were all up and excited to catch it. Marcos, our teacher had said that with all the rain (oh did i mention its the rainy season here is Costa Rica) that there might be some problems with landslides on the road but not to worry theres always a way to get to another bus or get around it. So after about a half hour of driving we stop and everyone gets off. We just follow the crowd which starts to take us up this backroad which was uphill and ridiculously muddy. Than they decided to take a short cut across a farm which meant climing up rocks and intense terrain. Poor Ari slipped and fell, and i almost did more than once. So after a good 45 mins at least of hiking in the mud we came to the next bus, which took us all the way to Puriscal. It was a pleasant scenic ride until and very only guy who smelled a little odd got on the bus and decided to sit next to me and although i couldnt understand hardly anything he was saying i did manage to get that i was very bonita which he said mulitple times and the word beso which i hear means kiss. No entiendo and no was all i said and luckily she got off not to far off. So the bus dropped us off we went to the bank and than to get breakfast, which was a delicious fruit salad with icecream on it.
But thats just today. My family is super nice. Its actually Marcos family (which i might of already told you but i cant rememeber what i write). His mom Arrabella is very sweet and speaks very clear, which i think she has learned from having other students. The dad Sedro (no idea about spelling) is very pretty quiet and mumbles very bad. the only time he has actually talked to me was to point out the "chucaracha" that was running across the floor. ill get to the bugs in a bit. Than there is Carol who is 17 and goes to school here in Puriscal everyday so i hardly see her. so most mornings i wake up about 6 or so to the sound of roosters and get up and go visit my favorite composting toilet. they do have running water and toilets and showers, no hot water though. but lately the pipes have been breaking with the rain that there has been no water. Also you can only go number one in the toilets and you throw your toilet paper into the garbage can. Def a new expierance. But i must say the view from the composting toilet is pretty incredible. So i get up and eat breakfast, which is usually some fresh papaya and a quesidilla or empanada or something of that sort made with fresh cheese from the cows. Than if there is water i shower! Monday we are going to start helping the volunteers with different projects in the morning, but the last few days i have just been exploring or walking to visit ari who lives about 30 mins away.
School is in the afternoons for two hours of one on one with marcos and we get homework. To get to school you have to hike down into the jungle. Its pretty crazy. Yesterday im pretty sure my teacher pointed out a armadillo in the distance moving around.
Oh the creatures that roam around. This place would be paradise if there werent pioson snakes, scorpions or huge spiders. Also the bugs are like enlarged. Last night I came into my room and there was a frog almost the size of a chiuaha in my room. oh plus a spider the size of my hand which i tried to kill but it ran behind the dresser. so needless to say i didnt sleep all that well last night. everyone is pretty much ready for bed about 8 30. which sounds early but actually about 7 you are ready to go to bed. I spend alot of time sitting on my inch thick mattress studying my spanish books, praying that one of these days ill start to understand what they say, but who knows. Also soap operas are pretty popular in the evenings, which are pretty entertaining even though i cant understand what they say. I also started reading deception point by dan brown, which i cant wait to get back to sprawled out in one of the hamocks.
Im still adjusting to everything but its def a whole new world.