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Day 7 -Burnt Like Bacon

3/23/2013

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HELLOOOO, my name is Devin and I am a member of the awesome cool BABY-SLOTH TEAM with Mike, Addie, and Stefanie!! We teach ages 12 and up (even up to 33) at Centro Espiral Mana.

TODAY was our first day off! After four days of straight teaching and spending almost the entire day THINKING AND PLANNING AND NOT GOING SWIMMING...WE FINALLY got to go SWIMMING! Our big group of TESOLers was split between the fun relaxing hot springs and an exciting thrilling canyoneering expedition.

The hot springs was a nice little local spot made for Ticos and right in front of the volcano!! They had a variety of hot and cold pools and even a WATER SLIDE!! The atmosphere was rather chill and it wasn't overcrowded either. Roger, one of our trainers overcame his fear of the slide and...slowly slid down while we cheered him on!

It is a bright beautiful day and almost everyone who went to the hot springs got burned. We are now a pack of lobsters.

Four of us (Mason, Stefanie, Louisa, and Courtney) went canyoneering and had a crazy good time!! It was described as "incredible"and "freaking incredible" because they had a beautiful view of the volcano BUT REALLY, they were in a frickin'jungle, navigating through rivers, over rocks, and rappelling !!!!!!! GAAAHH I just looked through some 
of the pictures and it looked sooo cool. They received a DVD with tons of pics that they might be leaving in the WS Lounge if you want to see this action packed excitement, along with some silly smiles!!

Once we got back to the Centro, peeps were just relaxing, retelling their adventures, and putting aloe on their wounds! TODAY is all about relaxing and recharging.

This evening, some of us even went over to hangout with a guy named Davy. He hails from the great nation of Belgium and is a super friendly dude and even built his own house. We played games, saw some of our students, and just had fun!

While the four canyoneers were invited to go rolling skating with their tour guide. They had sooo much fun that I think they are trying to go again!

This day is exactly what we needed, THANK YOU COSTA RICA!!!

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    • Courses we offer
    • Trainers, Volunteers and Staff
    • Contact us
    • Application Forms for our courses >
      • World Learning's SIT TESOL Certificate Course Application
      • Young Learners: World Learning's TESOL to Young Learners Certificate Course Application
      • Skills and Principles in Language Teacher Training Application
      • Classroom Assessment Application Form
      • Classroom Management: Conflict Resolution, Emotional Intelligence and Compassionate Communication for Educators Application
    • About us >
      • Materials from our workshops and presentations
    • Location
    • Values, Vision, Mission
    • FAQs about Living in El INVU de Peñas Blancas
  • Our philosophies of Learning
  • Our stories
    • Experiences with the Relationship-based Classroom Management course
    • Teachers >
      • Roger Ramirez
    • Voices and Experiences of Participants >
      • Cindy's experience on the TESOL Certificate Course
      • Samples of assignments that participants have done on our courses
    • The Multiplier Effect
    • Where do our course graduates teach?
  • Gratitude
  • Courses for Teachers and Teacher Educators
    • World Learning’s SIT TESOL Certificate Course in Costa Rica >
      • SIT Graduate Institute TESOL Certificate. A program of World Learning
      • TESOL Training Costa Rica
    • 21st Century Learning and Teaching: Advanced Learning Theory in Practice
    • Internships in Language Teaching >
      • Marlboro Tesol Course Internship >
        • Journal: Marlboro Students TESOL Certificate Teaching Internship
        • Final Projects and learning statements
      • Voices and Reflections from World Learning Interns >
        • intern's impressions
      • News
    • Weekend Seminars for Language Teachers
    • Formative Assessment Principles and Tools to See and Promote Language Learning
  • Courses for Teacher Educators
    • Skills and Principles in Language Teacher Training: Workshop design, observation and feedback
    • Observation and Feedback skills
  • For everyone: Relationship-based Classroom Management
    • What is Compassionate Communication?
    • Resources
    • Compassionate Communication and Non Violent Communication
    • Facilitators
    • Tuition and Fees
    • CNVC
    • Teaching Children to Teach Peace >
      • Peacemaker resources
  • Community English program
  • Projects
    • 2012 Teacher Training in El Salvador!
    • 2011 Visit to work with teachers in Los Santos!
  • Videos
  • Resources
    • Favorite TED talks and Videos
  • Alumni portfolios, blogs and websites
  • Fun things to do in our area
    • Adventure FUN (mention us and receive a 10% discount!)
    • Eco-lodge and organic farm Fun!
    • Wild Animal Rescue Center and Spanish School
  • Hotels we recommend in Costa Rica
  • Learn Spanish and/or Teach English near the beach!
  • Current Courses
    • MEP 2017
  • Comments for 10th Anniversary Celebration
  • MINERD RESOURCES