People

Living in a hostel is amazing because we meet so many amazing new people every week and day. For example, so far we have had a lot of fun hanging out with:

Molly and Jenny - two girls I went to high school with
Jennifer - organizes volunteers to work with a small Tico community
Shannon - writing her dissertation on violence against women here
Paulina - an Indigenous (Bri-Bri) woman from Costa Rica
Adrianna, Vlad and Meghan - vet students, with Vets Without Borders
Maria - getting dental work because it's cheaper than in the U.S.
Katherine - a Tica who has lived in the US and recently returned

This is by no means everybody we have met, just the ones who have made an impression on me. Also, these are only the people we've met who are also staying in the hostel. This doesn't even include the people I meet through my work, from the peace center next door to the hostel, the people who work at the hostel, through the Quaker meeting or through our travels.