I'm Alive

Yesterday I didn't post because I died… thankfully, with the help of Mariem, Matt, and Austin, I resurrected today and was ready for adventures again!

We started off today by going to San Jose's central market where we walked around a bit and got to see  a little bit of the Costa Rican culture. Thankfully, it was a beautiful day and the sun was shining so walking around was enjoyable. We eventually made our way to the Costa Rican Congress where we were given a tour and learned a little about the Costa Rican government. They have eight parties instead of just two, which I thought was pretty cool.

After that we went to lunch at a souvenir shop… I was thankful to have a burger since I had an allergic reaction to something mysterious yesterday. Then we went into the souvenir ship that was full of everything you could possibly imagine, I bought a couple of things for myself before we were scurried off to take a tour of the souvenir shops factory. It was crazy to see how all of the jewelry was handmade.

We then made our way to the bubble gum factory, my favorite part of the day. It smelt heavenly when we walked off the bus with all of the sugar in the air. We had to wear these silly hair nets, but it was funny. We were walked through the process of how bubble gum was made and packaged and then we were given a pack a gum! I  won the award for biggest bubble blown… just kidding, that award doesn't exist but if it did I would've got it.

We then went to the hotel where we had a lecture on medical tourism. Turns out, alot of people come to Costa Rica to have different kinds of surgery since it's so much cheaper than it is in the US. Some medical insurance companies are even offering to start paying for it because it's even cheaper for them.

Right when the lecture ended we headed off to the bus for dinner. We had dinner at this place with a beautiful view of the city lights of San Jose.

Thats all folks.