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Post-Opertation Update

It’s three days post operation and all good news. Saturday morning, the morning of the operation, Ryan, myself and Nitzi, our Costa Rican landlady, arrived at the La Catolica Hospital at 7:00am. I asked Nitzi to come with us to help with the Spanish translation. I figured it would make the...

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ryan & debbrial on August 3, 2010 from San Jose, Costa Rica

from the travel blog: Us Discovering the Latin Americas

Pre-Surgery...in a Foreign Country (well not that foreign anymore)

So it has been four months since I went to the gynecologist, here in San Jose, Costa Rica, for a routine girly annual checkup (pap smear). I also went in to get an ultrasound to check on the position of my IUD. Since I don’t speak Spanish fluently I called every doctor office listed in the...

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ryan & debbrial on July 30, 2010 from San Jose, Costa Rica

from the travel blog: Us Discovering the Latin Americas

Together Again in Santa Teresa

Before I left for vacation it was raining every day and there were crazy hard storms. Ryan said it was the same down at the beach and to add to it every night he had to climb up the mountain to the cabana through muddy gushing rivers. One day the thunder storm was so loud here in San Jose I...

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ryan & debbrial on July 6, 2010 from Carmen, Costa Rica

from the travel blog: Us Discovering the Latin Americas

Testing our Relationship and Sanity…

Testing our Relationship and Sanity… That is exactly what this last month has been all about. So let me think back for a moment about the reasons why we are in this foreign country with no friends or family and are working our butts off. Oh yeah!! Cause Ryan and I wanted to be together and...

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ryan & debbrial on June 23, 2010 from San Jose, Costa Rica

from the travel blog: Us Discovering the Latin Americas

Not the typical 1-year Anniversary

It’s our One-year Marriage Anniversary today. Since both Ryan and I had to work today we decided to celebrate our Anniversary yesterday. Unfortunately since we do have jobs we weren’t able to get out of town for a romantic or exciting holiday. But we made the best of it and of course the whole...

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ryan & debbrial on May 24, 2010 from San Jose, Costa Rica

from the travel blog: Us Discovering the Latin Americas

Monteverde, La Fortuna & Tortuguero!!

We made our way back over the boarder for our final section of Costa Rica. As we had learnt bus timetables are few and far between in Costa Rica so we went for the lucky option and just hoped for the best! It all worked out fine and with 3 easy bus transfers we made it to Monteverde early...

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SupandNic on May 18, 2010 from Tortuguero, Costa Rica

from the travel blog: Sup and Nic's World Tour!

Debb got a job & Ryan got a motorcycle

First of all i want to say Sorry for not writing soon but in the last weeks I have been, Well....BUSY!!! I started teaching English at HICR Instituto Britanico two weeks ago. And well my first class didn't go as well as I expected. First, half of the students didn't show because (what I was told...

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ryan & debbrial on May 14, 2010 from San Jose, Costa Rica

from the travel blog: Us Discovering the Latin Americas

Busy worker bee vs. Filling up the day to waste time

Well Semana Santa is over and San Jose has come back alive. The streets are full of bumper to bumper traffic, the boardwalk in downtown is full of people walking with a purpose and all the storefront are open for business. Ryan has continued to be busy as ever working at learning the ropes and...

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ryan & debbrial on April 8, 2010 from San Jose, Costa Rica

from the travel blog: Us Discovering the Latin Americas

Semana Santa and CR International Art Festival

Semana Santa: Holy Week (Latin: Hebdomas Sancta or Hebdomas Maior, "Greater Week") in Christianity is the last week of Lent and the week before Easter. It includes the religious holidays of Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday) and Good Friday, and lasts from Palm Sunday until but not...

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ryan & debbrial on April 1, 2010 from San Jose, Costa Rica

from the travel blog: Us Discovering the Latin Americas

An update of our lives....its going pretty good

Not much fun going on lately. Ryan’s been working his butt off since he got the manager / administrator position at the hostel. Which of course is a good thing but he has had so much to learn in a short time. The owner wants to start more construction at the Santa Teresa location and leave Ryan...

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ryan & debbrial on March 26, 2010 from San Jose, Costa Rica

from the travel blog: Us Discovering the Latin Americas

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