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sharing our peace corps experiences day-by-day(ish) // peace corps costa rica CED volunteers 2016 - 2018 // tico 31

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If you want to be happy, you have to be happy on purpose. When you wake up, you can’t just wait to see what kind of day you’ll have. You have to decide what kind of day you’ll have.

Joel Osteen (via wordsnquotes)

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Nosara, Costa Rica

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Our AirBnB is attached to this little shopping/eating complex called Gabi's. It's a cool spot with great wifi and everyone that works there is super nice!

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🍣sushiiiiiiiii 🍣

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We stopped at an awesome new restaurant in Nicoya that our friend, Josh, recommended. Que rico!!!

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🍉sandías sandías sandías 🍉

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Headed to Nosara for a few days 👏🏼

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Beautiful Isla de Chira in the mangrove estuary in the neighborhood San Antonio

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Las Artesanas, Isla de Chira

These are photos we took on our nice camera a while back. The Artesanas were giving a charla on how to carve jicaro (top left photo) and make bracelets (top right photo). Lidieth, president of the group, is cutting open the jicaro to remove the insides, getting it ready to dry (bottom photo). 

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Going through photos on our computer...This is the Volunteer Advisory Council that Dan is president of! Every volunteer lives in a different region in the country and works to improve Peace Corps Costa Rica for a year of their service.

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For the Northwestern Kellogg MBA application, there is a video interview component. In order to do it, you need to have a fast internet connection. I tried three different places on the island to finally get a good enough connection! 

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Plotting our post-service trip.... **so happy**

Costa Rica > Nicaragua > El Salvador > Guatemala > Mexico

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Slides in San Jose 😂

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Dan and I met up with a current Rotary Grant Scholar, Paula, who is studying at the University for Peace here in Costa Rica. She provided some great advice on the application process!

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Our cozy little bedroom 😍

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So excited! My friends, Maggie and Maddie, bought their flights to Costa Rica in February. We are going to have such a blast. Hoping to see some whales and hike in Corcovado... 🐳🐗

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Christmas Festival in Isla de Chira