I say hello, you say goodbye

Summary of February (I wrote this but forgot to post it until now):
Feb. 1: Decided to go to China to teach with my sister, changed my ticket to leave Costa Rica earlier (not an easy country to leave)
Feb. 10: Arrived in DC from Costa Rica
Feb. 11-21 Spent getting stuff ready for China, traveling to Virginia Beach, and meeting up with friends in DC
Feb. 22: Left for the airport at 6:45 DC time. Arrived in Beijing, China almost 24 hours later.
Feb. 23: Went on a tour of the Great Wall and then a bunch of tourist traps. The only good part about the tour besides the Great Wall were the fun Brasilian guys (friends of a friend of my sister's) who went with me. Spent the day speaking Spanish, English, Chinese and Portugese (well, more like hearing Portugese)
Feb. 24: Leaving for my sister's city, killing time writing this post in an internet cafe

Costa Rican Winter

Winter continues here in Costa Rica, with bitter temperatures in the 70s and 80s. Somehow we're managing to survive. Here are some pictures of a volcano we visited, along with another crater that's now become a lake, as well as pictures from an area called Montezuma, where my brother and our friend Yoji and I camped out at the beach and jumped off waterfalls.