The following days I get to to know other volunteers, hostel staff and guests. Mardil, a boy from Netherlands, who arrived few days earlier, shows me how to make pancakes with pineapple for the guests which will be one of my tasks. We make them from pancake mix. My first pancakes have different sizes and thickness as at the beginning I don´t know how much water to add but quickly I get right proportions. Issa, Mexican girl, shows me how how to change sheets.
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| Our pancakes :) |
In the mornings I can hear loud cough of George, older guy who stays at the hostel for few months. He is retired and spends winter outside of Canada.
- George, did you take my eggs again? - screams Mardil in the kitchen.
- No, hahaha cough cough
- You owe me two eggs!
My eggs dissapeared too... now I have a suspect :)
In the afternoons I learn how to play pool as we have pool table in the hostel. Funny thing is each person from different country has different rules. One day I make potatoe pancakes and treat them to people. George attends me when I cook and brings me oil from the supermarket when it's over. He´s the first one to try the pancakes of course. In the evenings we gather all guests and volunteers and go out to nearby reggae club or just some bar for Imperial beer or organize barbecues. Although not much happens, my first week in Costa Rica pass with dizzy speed.
