Sunday Night

We met at the school at 4. Lindsay gave a brief orientation and then we took a briefer tour of the village. We ended at La Vela Latina. It’s owned by father and son who are two El Camino grads. It’s right on the beach; half the tables are on the sand, under trees. The other half are in the typical tico open air, all teak structure. At night there are rope lights around the trees and posts. Some citronella torches give it a nice tropical ambiance.

The food was good; many people ordered the typical Cansado, a few the fish tacos or burritos. I asked each of them to come up with a goal he or she would like to accomplish during their time here.

After, we walked to the main street and went to Arriba, which means up. A play on its rare location on the second floor (few buildings are multistoried around here), and what one does with a beer.

The group was just getting acquainted still. I ducked out early, the lack of sleep getting to me.