Author: Andrew Chaffee
Location: La Carpio and La Promesa
A knock on the door and a grunt from the other bed began my July 19th in Costa Rica. After breakfast with my comrades we loaded up the bus to head off to La Carpio, to work on the kindergarten's playground. We arrived at the school like everyday before and began to break our back with hard labor. Shovels clinking, wood knocking, hammers slamming, hard breathing; these were the only sounds to be as members of LWCR2 came together to get their job done. Everyone was satisfied at the end of the day, for the actual playground was completed. Of course, there was still much more work to do, but fortunately that would all wait for a future date. My comrades reloaded the bus, and the driver took us somewhere we had never been before; La Promesa (the promise), the women's community in Costa Rica. This was a place where all the houses were owned by the women instead of the norm in Costa Rica, which is where the men own the house. This at first did not seem very exciting, but before I knew it I was up on my feet and dancing to Costa Rica music with all my companions. I couldn't help but show of my breathtaking skills in the dance circle that soon formed, I have a feeling all were impressed. Sooner or later, aka when we were all wiped out from dancing our feet off, the women's community waved us off and we were on our way home. The night ended with myself and all my comrades relaxing at the gazebo, and by some ungodly bout I found myself in bed with the cool hands of sleep coaxing me into dream world.
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