Costa Rica

Blogging is not something I've ever considered doing until I arrived in Costa Rica for a semester abroad. While being surrounded by the blogs of my classmates was certainly a factor in the creation this blog, Chusquea tonduzii, I realized that being able to get my thoughts and experiences in written form serves a much greater role than simply saying,"Look at all the cool things I'm doing guys!" Photos are great for preserving screenshots from any event, but they unfortunately fail to include the context of the moment that was worth immortalizing on your memory card. This blog is going to be an attempt at that: a method for me to attempt to save all of my most favorite moments from this once in a lifetime opportunity.

Also, my last legitimate writing class was in my freshman year at Vassar, so this will hopefully slow the rate at which my writing skills are rapidly deteriorating. I've been told by Jesus Rivera, my best bud/editor, that I have no idea on how to use colons and semi-colons. Tell me if I used it correctly in the above paragraph because quite frankly, I have no idea and I don't know how to check.

If you've made it this far, thanks for dealing with this poorly written block of words, I promise you I'll put some pictures up so that you can at least quickly scroll through my page and get something out of your time.

Thanks!
Aki Nishimura-Gasparian