ECR: Lands in Love | ADVENTURE HOTEL

Alright. This was seriously. THE BEST TRIP EVER. While my mom and brother were kind of queasy about everything. I ate and soared through the sky like no tomorrow. I got those bird genes.

Some Information:

-Open 24/7
-Per person the cost was $50
-Add one more activity for $2 more.
-24 Hour Stay. (We got there at 3pm and left the next day at the same time) (PS. You can totally get there earlier and maybe enjoy the pool, you just can't check into the room :P)
-All 3 meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner) served buffet style. (Vegetarian!)
-Animal Friendly- you can totally bring your furry family member along.

The Activities:
(* The ones I did)

Canopy
Adventure Cables*
Superman*
Tarzan Swing
Rafting
Canoying*
Horseback Ridding
Guided Trails

Contact Them:

Website: http://landsinlove.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/landsinlove

Local Reservations (Costa Rica)
Reception: (506) 2447-9331
Marketing: (506) 2447-9337
Fax: (506) 2447-9334
reservations@landsinlove.com

International Reservations 
International: 408-215-1000
International: 408-212-0995
reservations@landsinlove.com

Location:  CLICK HERE FOR MAP

The hotel is located:
50 km from Arenal
80 km from San-Jose Airport
78 km from the Central Pacific Beach
32 km from San-Ramon on the road to La Fortuna

That's it from me today! If you ever get the chance, I hope you take it and come!
An experience I will never forget! (:

Byeee! ♥

ECR: Highschool in Costa Rica

Hello again! This videos topic is all about my experience in the educational realm of Costa Rica. I covered pretty much everything in the video. Until I realized. I missed one vital thing. (or maybe I didn't, but I think I missed it.) HIGH SCHOOL BATHROOMS. Oh lord protect us. Now, I have no idea what private school bathrooms are like, or how university ones are. But public school ones. Well. Here are some tips.

HIGH SCHOOL BATHROOM TIPS:

-CAREFULLY choose your stall. Make sure the door actually closes, and the toilet actually flushes.

(I had a favorite stall)

-NEVER GO ALONE. I once got locked inside a stall and had to wiggle my way out. Had I had a companion, they could've called for help. Or if you forget something, they can assist you.

-LEAVE your backpack or materials else where. There won't be anywhere to put them. Unless the bathroom dirty floor is an option for you.
-ALWAYS bring your own toilet paper. Chances are, there won't be any.

-DON'T FORGET soap or hand sanatizer. They should have running water, but there won't be soap. So either bring soap, or an easier and quicker option, is hand sanatizer!

-GO EARLY OR MID DAY. Try not to go too late to the bathroom, because it could be locked and you will pee yourself. There's always the teachers bathroom, just in case as well.

Yes, I did get locked inside a bathroom stall once. You may laugh. I totally freaked out in the moment, but when I think back on it, it was hilarious. I did the worm under the door to get out. Luckily there was lots of space under there.

Anyways, have a great day guys!

See you later! ♥

Explore Costa Rica!

Waaazzzz Upppp!

I figured I should do a proper introduction on what's going on, instead of just jumping the gun and making blog posts on this and ya'll really having no idea.

After watching SharlaInJapan and EatYourKimchi I thought, heyyyy. I live in Costa Rica. Maybe someone out there would be interested. I mean, as someone living here, I can tell you I wish I had known certain advice before hand. Or places to go, things to see. The ups and downs.

I plan to do in my room, chatty type of thing and out and about exploring.
Of course, if you have any suggestions or any topics you'd like for me to talk about, make sure to let me know!! (=

Bye! ♥

Delicious Nutella Milkshake

Hey everyone, after a long absence, (we're use to this by now right?) I have an amazing milkshake for you guys!

Absolutely perfect for us girls during a certain time of the month if you catch my drift.
Full fills every chocolate or sweet craving you might have.

While It's perfect for girls, we can't deny the male readers here looking to satisfy their sweet tooth!

I was actually searching this up, and everyone seemed to use vanilla ice cream, if that's your taste go for it, I barley ever have ice cream in the house, so this was the alternative I came up with!

Ingredients:

1 Cup Milk

1/2 Cup Ice (ice baby!)

2 Frozen or ripe Bananas (The ones almost gone bad are the best!)

1 Tbsp Coca Powder

2 tsp Cinnamon

4 Tbsp Nutella

*Note, I always eye ball my milkshakes! So I can't give an exact amount for the ingredients!

Directions:

As any milkshake, it's simple. Mix everything in, pulse it so the ice gets properly crushed, and blend away my friend!

I added them in the order of; milk, ice, frozen bananas, cocoa powder, cinnamon, and nutella.

Some pictures, so you can see about how much of what I added!

*Note, this came out to be about 3-4 servings!~

Enjoy!

Adventure: La Romería

Hey guys, looooong time no see! I haven't forgotten about this blog at all, but I just wasn't sure what I want to do with it exactly yet, and I don't want to promise something and then not keep up with it. I'm planning on posting the following things:

• Adventures!: If I go out and do anything new or interesting, to take you guys along with me as well.
• Best of Food: If I find a place and I LOVE the food, I'll leave the place here, some review, and my favorite dishes to order.
• Recipes: I like to cook as well, so if I'm ever about to make something new, look forward to the recipe here! :)

That being said, today's and Adventure post!

Basically, this is a religious sacrifice. If you know anything about the bible, or the Catholic church, Jesus sacrificed himself for the sake of the people.

Now whether you're religious or not isn't the point of this, I decided to go for it since I love walking around and exploring, besides you never know if God is actually watching right?

What you have to do is the following, walk to a church in the city of Cartago in Costa Rica. You won't get lost because the roads are shut down for the people, the amount of people that are actually walking there is incredible. You see all types of people walking as well, children, mothers with their baby strollers, even the elderly. I actually happened to witness and elderly man who was so close to reaching the church, he had been running and actually broke his bone. I could see the bone from underneath his knee popping out. Either way he kept going, the faith people has is incredible.

I didn't know, but you don't have to be Costa Rican to do this journey, I saw North Americans, and from nearing countries such as Panama and Nicaragua, walking for days to reach the church.

Along the way there are stalls that offer you water and some free items, such as sample perfumes, items for us ladies, I even saw someone giving out toilet paper. And places to get massages and eat as well.

If you're ever in the mood to go through with this, you should definitely pack your own toilet paper, water, umbrella, sweater, and extra cash. Always make sure that you are wearing comfortable shoes that you can walk hours in!

People usually go around August 1st or 2nd, but some people go before to avoid the crowds, or because they live very far, or after. And incredibly many people go during the night time, no worries that there are all types of lights illuminating the way!

Thanks for reading, see you in my next post, bye!!

Vanilla Bundt Cake

HOLY CRAP A POST? Yes sirrieee!
This has been the first cake I've baked since I've moved! Hence the total blog abandonment.

So I did originally want to do a chocolate cake, but I wanted to melt some Baker's chocolate. No matter how much I searched, every cake called for cocoa powder, and nooo! I wanted melted chocolate. I'm going to have to scrounge around in some recipe books to see if they can help. The internet is full of cocao loving lazy chocolate-melting haters! Still, I guess this was my destiny, cause I ended up totally being in the mood for a nice, simplistic bundt cake.

After waiting for it to cool, I felt the cake was a bit dry. Make sure you have your milk at hand. However, what was left for the next day, I seemed to like a lot more. Like over night it magically chugged in some moisture. Either way, it's a perfect simplistic cake that I really enjoyed, and hope to make again.

Ingredients:

I Cup Granulated Sugar
I Stick (1/2 Cup) Butter
1 Egg, room temperature
2 Egg Whites, room temperature
3/4 Cup Milk (Preferably low-fat.)
2 Tsp Vanilla Extract
2 Cups All-Purpose Flour
1 Tbsp Lemon Zest (*Optional)
2 tsp Baking Powder
1/4 tsp Salt
Powder Sugar (*Optional Garnish, I didn't use it.)

Directions:

Preheat your oven to 350°F and grease, butter, non stick your Bundt pan; set it aside.
Beat the sugar, butter, egg, and egg whites in a large bowl, mixer on low to medium speed.
Then add the vanilla and milk, mixing well.
I places the flour, lemon zest, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl and gave them a quick mix.
Then I added it little by little into the original mixture. Beat until smooth.
Pour into Bundt pan. Bake for about 30 minutes, or untill tooth pick comes out clean. (Mine took 25 minutes.) After baking, loosen from pan and allow to completely cool on rack.
Garnish as desired.
Enjoy!

Extracted Recipe from: Click Here!

Nutrients per Serving 
Calories 178 
% calories from fat 35% 
Total Fat 7 g 
Sat. Fat 1 g 
Protein 3 g 
Carbohydrates 26 g 
Cholesterol 14 mg 
Sodium 181 mg 
Dietary Fiber 1 g 
Dietary exchanges 
1-1/2 Starch 
1-1/2 Fat

I Moved!

Whoa! Has it been a crazy ride these past few months! I moved from the States to my home country, Costa Rica. It's been seriously insane. I have had no time for anything, and school is seriously tough here so my lifes consisted of: Waking up, School, Study, Eat, Sleep!

This can't be a long blog post because my whiny brother is next to me nagging for the only computer we have.
But I just wanted you guys to know, I haven't abandoned this blog at all, it's just my current situation makes it super hard to post as recently as I'd like. I'm also not living in my own home, so I can't use the kitchen.
Which means I can't cook my own food.
I don't know how I've done it!

The moving people who are bringing my stuff from the states should be coming tomorrow, and hopefully I can enter my own home in  a couple weeks or so!

Pleaseeee bear with me, I know this whole time lapse must be super annoying, for ya'll as well as I.

Much love from here, you guys must have an awesome day!
Later! :)