A year ago, I actually won something in a raffle. It was a copy of "Let's Go: Costa Rica On A Budget"...

...at the time, I had no intention of doing my study abroad Heredia, Costa Rica. But life's a funny thing, isn't it?

Reasons to go to Costa Rica

1. To learn spanish. Un día quiero ser bilingüe. Si puedo hablar español, tendré— por lo menos— uno habilidad práctica cuando graduaré con un titulo de periodismo...
   
   
   
2. Parque Nacional Corcovado is the "most biologically intense place on earth." -National Geographic
   
   
   
3. "Costa Ricans report the highest life satisfaction in the world and have the second-highest average life expectancy of the new world (second to Canada)," New Economics Foundation said in a statement. -CNN
   
   
   
   
4. You can (with a short drive) see a Caribbean sunrise on the same day as a Pacific sunset.
   

Costa Rica To Do List

• Camp in the rainforest(?)
  
• Haggle on La Calle de Artesanía.
  
• See an active volcano.
  
• Come back with advanced conversational Spanish/Make fwends at school who will put up with me trying to speak Spanish.
  
• Visit Nicoya Peninsula. Spend a day on the beach.
  
• Authentic gallo pico.
  
• Zipline in the jungle.
  
• Be early to something for once. Actually, tico time will help me with this one, I won't actually have to change my habits at all..yesss