Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Flooding

I don´t know if anyone has heard about the tropical storms surrounding Costa Rica and other Central American countries right now. It has been raining now for 4 days straight, and when I say raining I mean pouring down buckets of rain. I was at the Manuel Antonio National Park last weekend with 7 other volunteers. We took a bus into a town called Quepos to catch the bus back to Atenas and we took the 4 hour bus ride back. Now we are all watching the news about how Quepos totally flooded about 2 hours after we left. One man died in the flood. the water came all the way up to this bridge that we had just crossed. Peoples homes are being destroyed and they are evacuating certain parts of the country. Thank god we were able to catch the bus when we did because if we had left an hour later, we would literally still be in Quepos probably sitting on someone´s roof.
So anyway, don´t worry... I am safe!

2 comments:

Penny said...

Katja,
So glad you didn't get caught in the flood. Living in the tropics will be an adventure.
Penny
P.S. Your choice of a green background is perfect given the lushness of the vegetation (or so your mom tells me!)

Leena said...

Katja,

I am happy that you got out before the flood