Day 2

This day was in fact one of the most memorable days in and of itself. We all had to wake up at 6am to shower up, eat breakfast, and go to the ALE academia for Spanish language and biomedical instrumentation training. It was there that we were oriented to the goals of Engineering World Health and also learned about being safe in Costa Rica. During orientation, we all had to play this name game where we would go around the entire group until everyone could name each other's name and favorite country. After that, we all went to lunch. Lunch consisted of rice, beans, plantain, and chicken. It was very delicious. After lunch, we all came back for our first lecture in biomedical instrumentation where we learned about blood pressure machines and the ways in which they can be fixed. For example, most problems with those machines are that there is a air leak, calibration error, mercury calibration error, etc. The lecture was pretty informative and I definitely learned a good amount. After lecture, we all had lab where we basically organized all the biomedical equipment for use later in the month. After class was over, we had a bit of an interesting adventure of our own. Since we weren't really paying attention to directions on the way to school since our host mother brought us there, we kind of had problems on the way back. Most of the streets in Costa Rica do not have names, and thus finding your way consists of compass directions and measurement approximations. I also forget to mention that it rains monsoon style, so getting lost is not really a good thing. As guys however, we kind of figured that we knew where to go without asking for help. That worked for half an hour until we got too drenched to walk. We stopped at a supermarket and found someone who would call our host mother and helped us get back home. From now on, we're going to pay more attention to landmarks I should say the least. Well, tomorrow we'll go rafting, and I'm ready for more adventure in this exciting place.