Written by: Caitlin Boyd-Ragin
Day 1:
Today I experienced m first time flying. On the first flight, that we took to Dallas, I as extremely uncomfortable. My seat was far away from the rest of the group and I had to sit in between two complete strangers. I also didn't like the seats. They were very close together and hard. Therefore, I had a hard time resting, which was not good because I was exhausted from packing all night.
Thankfully, the second flight was much better. I had more room, I was close to the group, I had an aisle sleep, and they fed us! To my surprise, the food was actually good. The only bad element of the second flight was that I was already tired of flying from the first flight. I just wanted to be here already. I coudn't stand the thought of having 3 more hours on a plane. At the end of the day, I'm glad we made it here safely and in due time.
Day 2:
The best thing that we did today was go to the market area, which is like their downtown. It reminded me a lot of Times Square in New York City. There were so many people there and so many different stores. I had a very hard time facing the fact that I couldn't go shopping. I was so attracted to the vast majority of the stores that we passed. I really wish we had more time.
Another very interesting part of today was the meeting that we had with politcal activist Epsy Campbell. Epsy is a black Costa Rican who has ran for president and served as a congress member in the past. Today, she discussed discrimination and inequality in Costa Rica. Not to my surprise, it really resembled the discrimination and inequality that exists in the United States. At the end of it all, I am glad that I had the chance to meet her. She represented courage, persistence, wisdom and knowledge.
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