Personal Journal Week #3:
In addition to a full week of classes, a classmate and I decided to head out to the coast to see how Costa Rican ferries compare with their Pacific Northwest counterparts. After staying in the seaside community of Puntoarenas we boarded the Tambor (possibly an old ferry from New York?). As the bustling and overloaded boat lugged out of port we were treated to several Bob Marley prayers (Don’t Rock this Boat and Don’t Worry About a Thing), which seemed appropriate to the nature of our short but slow journey across the bay. The boat mostly had Tico passengers but there were a few hippy passengers sojourning to the port town of Montezuma where they could enjoy the laidback bohemian lifestyle of the coast. 
Once on the other side, we stopped in the very small community of Paqetera (sp?) that was strategically located near the National Refuge we wanted to visit the next day. The evening was spent relaxing and conversing with the locals who walked or rode their bikes up and down the only street in town. On the next day we went to Curo where we saw all kinds of monkeys (the animal kind) and other animals. The park is reintroducing the spider monkey, which has been extinct in this area for the past three decades (most were either killed or captured as pets). After spending some time relaxing on the beach (no turtles but lots of interesting crabs). We hitchhiked back into town and slowly made our way back home via the same route.
Question for Those Interested in Spanish: How old is it as a language?
Given that human beings are roughly 500,000 years old as species, one would think (incorrectly) that most languages are quite ancient. However, in the case of Spanish (and English for that matter) the language is quite young. According to a site I listed below, Spanish emerged from the break up of the Roman Empire where its Latin root was the official language. Prior to the 14th century when Spanish finally dominated the area we now know as Spain, many different languages were spoken including: Arabic, Portuguese, Basque, etc... As Spain became a world power Spanish would become the official language of 21 countries and spoken by approximately 330 million people worldwide. For more information check out this website:
http://www.todaytranslations.com/index.asp-Q-Page-E-Spanish-Language-History--13053095
In addition to a full week of classes, a classmate and I decided to head out to the coast to see how Costa Rican ferries compare with their Pacific Northwest counterparts. After staying in the seaside community of Puntoarenas we boarded the Tambor (possibly an old ferry from New York?). As the bustling and overloaded boat lugged out of port we were treated to several Bob Marley prayers (Don’t Rock this Boat and Don’t Worry About a Thing), which seemed appropriate to the nature of our short but slow journey across the bay. The boat mostly had Tico passengers but there were a few hippy passengers sojourning to the port town of Montezuma where they could enjoy the laidback bohemian lifestyle of the coast. 
Once on the other side, we stopped in the very small community of Paqetera (sp?) that was strategically located near the National Refuge we wanted to visit the next day. The evening was spent relaxing and conversing with the locals who walked or rode their bikes up and down the only street in town. On the next day we went to Curo where we saw all kinds of monkeys (the animal kind) and other animals. The park is reintroducing the spider monkey, which has been extinct in this area for the past three decades (most were either killed or captured as pets). After spending some time relaxing on the beach (no turtles but lots of interesting crabs). We hitchhiked back into town and slowly made our way back home via the same route.
Question for Those Interested in Spanish: How old is it as a language?
Given that human beings are roughly 500,000 years old as species, one would think (incorrectly) that most languages are quite ancient. However, in the case of Spanish (and English for that matter) the language is quite young. According to a site I listed below, Spanish emerged from the break up of the Roman Empire where its Latin root was the official language. Prior to the 14th century when Spanish finally dominated the area we now know as Spain, many different languages were spoken including: Arabic, Portuguese, Basque, etc... As Spain became a world power Spanish would become the official language of 21 countries and spoken by approximately 330 million people worldwide. For more information check out this website:http://www.todaytranslations.com/index.asp-Q-Page-E-Spanish-Language-History--13053095
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