This is technically my 3rd week in Costa Rica and my second week as a student of Academia Tica.
A couple new fruits we tried:
Caimeta (star apple or milk fruit). There is a milk-like liquid in this and when it's cut the other direction the pattern of the flesh and seeds appear like a star.
Dragon fruit
Eating experiences (non-sequential):
Beef tacos with my own taco seasoning since I can't find it yet ANYWHERE. (No picture)
Tico style tacos: like taquitos with different types of sauce and cabbage. This one has a sweet red and white sauce. Maybe the white sauce is queso?
No bake cookies (a hit with our Tico friends)
A green "orange" that is really a "limon" (lee-mone), which is lemon to USA.
Lasagna cooked on the stove top in a POT! The family loved this despite the slight differences in ingredients. For example, the cottage cheese is LARGE curd and watery, mozzarella is drier here, and the noodles are thinner which I appreciated.
My first chifrio at a local soda in Coronado.
Creepy things...Costa Rica beats Texas on bug size...
Salamanders under a sign near the Argentinian cafe, Jaco
Spider in the garage. The body is small (according to my Spanish teacher Santiago), but the leg spread is about the palm of my hand.
A HUGE black wasp. Its body was almost the size of my thumb!
Observed on my walk: (Flora y Fauna) This is here in case you want to skip...HA! These aren't in chronological order...
I observed a marshmallow looking seed pod in a tree...
The seed up close on the ground (found another day in a different spot).
A lily
In the school garden. I see something new every day probably because of alternating blooming times.
A type of 3 petal flower related to a lily?
This river I cross each day is the border of Coronado and San Isidro. It runs right under a busy street bridge. The water is very clear, and it sounds musical. I love the sound of running water and fountains!
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