Thursday, July 24, 2008

top five worst experiences in costa rica

1.My husband and daughter leaving a month early- They had to leave early because the stress was beginning to be too much, but once they were gone I became so lonely I could hardly concentrate.
2.The transportation problems I had- The trip from where I lived to the school I worked at was absolutely insane, I got lost many times, and once when I didn't have any extra bus fair, because of the financial problems I had to walk home what I'd been told had to be at least ten miles. On the way almost getting run over because of the lack of place to walk on the side of the road.
3.The false quotes on living expenses- I did not plan on having to spend so much on bus fair because I was told transportation would be provided for free, so that alone threw us off. Also the lady we rented from required a huge deposit which we did not plan into the budget, which was our biggest disappointment.
4.The diapers -the diapers that were available at a price we could afford were practically third world diapers, I almost rather her run around naked and just put towels over her messes. But we only had two towels which we had to buy our selves because for some odd reason the lady we rented from provided everything we needed except bath towels.
5.The washer machine- It was like nothing I had ever seen before. You know how our washing machine does each cycle automatically by its self well this one I had to go and set it to do each separate. It took almost an hour to do a load of clothes that consisted of about 5 items. To make it worse it was tearing our clothes to pieces.

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