On July 20th, 2002, I arrived in San Jose, Costa Rica for almost three weeks of volunteer work with a Sea Turtle Conservation Project. "Expect the Unexpected" seemed to become the theme throughout this vacation as upon arrival I was met at the airport and discovered that I would be spending 2 and a half days in San Jose with a local family before reporting to my beach station. This was my first lesson of the trip on how to see everything as an adventure rather than an inconvenience!

San Jose is the capital of Costa Rica and ... (more)