Day 6: Back to school, hear the bells…

Day 6: Back to school, hear the bells…

It was the first day of class. Cristina and I had no idea how to take the bus, everyone is so nice, and everyone tried to help us. There was a nice man, who stopped the bus for us. You basically have to jump out in the middle of the street for the bus to stop. We saw another boy from our study abroad there and we tried to go to school together. If you are standing, people who are sitting offer to hold your bag for you, at first we thought it was sketchy, but it seems to be very normal. Basically it took 45 min to get to the area, then we got lost for another 20 mins. It was awesome.

The school is pretty basic but cute and charming. We didn’t do much the first day, just introduced ourselves. Then we went to the mall to get SIM cards for our phones, and that took like 3 hours. I was tired just watching everyone waiting. Well the most interesting thing is that we decided to walk home from the mall.

I told everyone it was a far walk but no one believed me. We walked along the beach for a while, and it started pouring rain, it was super fun. But then walking on the sand is hard so we walked on the street. We stopped for a coconut. Eventually it was 1 hour later, and we were still ridiculously far from where we lived. My feet started to blister because I wasn’t wearing walking shoes. Another 30 mins later, I was on the verge of tears because my left foot hurt so bad. We got home 30 mins after that, but it was pouring rain again. I was so soaked and tired when I got home. I showered and put on pajamas at 7 pm.

It was an adventure, but I hope never to do that again. We told our host family and they said that was a 12 km walk, or about 7.2 miles!!! It wouldn’t have been that bad if it wasn’t for the rain and my left shoe. My legs are not even tired at all, it was just my left shoe.