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<blockquote data-quote="android" data-source="post: 331630" data-attributes="member: 1136"><p>I was in Costa Rica believe it or not. My parents took me and my girlfriend as a graduation present for the both of us. We were staying at a place called Lapa Rios on the Osa peninsula at the time (<a href="http://www.laparios.com" target="_blank">www.laparios.com</a> -- if you go to costa rica, go here.) We had gotten up early and gone out hiking. As we were returning to the lodge, the manager greeted us at the door, which isn't strange in and of itself, but what he said was quite odd. He said to the 4 of us in his costa rican accent: "I've got some very bad news. There's been a tragedy in the United States."</p><p></p><p>At this point, I thought that perhaps there had been an earthquake or a plane crash or maybe something had happened to the president or something, just by the way he said it. Then he started telling us about the planes. It was a shocking feeling. </p><p></p><p>Normally, there are no TVs anywhere in Lapa Rios. However, for this occasion, the manager had violated the rules and brought his personal television up to the lodge for everyone to watch. We all sat there all day and watched the news. In spanish, of course, switching between a Costa Rican station and a Panamanian station. Occasionally, we'd ask the staff to translate what the newscasters were saying. Mostly we could just watch the pictures and recognize words like "Casa Blanca" and "presidente de los Estados Unidos." </p><p></p><p>Of course, we eventually made it back to San Juan in preparation for our leaving where we were able to get CNN in english and get on the internet. But until then, we were very clueless as to what was happening. If i remember correctly, our flight was scheduled to leave to return home on the 14th. And we actually made it. Ours was the first flight back to the states that they had not cancelled.</p><p></p><p>Upon returning it was strange to learn of all the things that we had missed while out of the country. Everyone here seemed to know so much more about everything than we did. It took us all some time to catch up. We all had someone to worry about. Not too many people didn't know someone in either NYC or DC.</p><p></p><p>Anyways. Just my story.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="android, post: 331630, member: 1136"] I was in Costa Rica believe it or not. My parents took me and my girlfriend as a graduation present for the both of us. We were staying at a place called Lapa Rios on the Osa peninsula at the time ([url]www.laparios.com[/url] -- if you go to costa rica, go here.) We had gotten up early and gone out hiking. As we were returning to the lodge, the manager greeted us at the door, which isn't strange in and of itself, but what he said was quite odd. He said to the 4 of us in his costa rican accent: "I've got some very bad news. There's been a tragedy in the United States." At this point, I thought that perhaps there had been an earthquake or a plane crash or maybe something had happened to the president or something, just by the way he said it. Then he started telling us about the planes. It was a shocking feeling. Normally, there are no TVs anywhere in Lapa Rios. However, for this occasion, the manager had violated the rules and brought his personal television up to the lodge for everyone to watch. We all sat there all day and watched the news. In spanish, of course, switching between a Costa Rican station and a Panamanian station. Occasionally, we'd ask the staff to translate what the newscasters were saying. Mostly we could just watch the pictures and recognize words like "Casa Blanca" and "presidente de los Estados Unidos." Of course, we eventually made it back to San Juan in preparation for our leaving where we were able to get CNN in english and get on the internet. But until then, we were very clueless as to what was happening. If i remember correctly, our flight was scheduled to leave to return home on the 14th. And we actually made it. Ours was the first flight back to the states that they had not cancelled. Upon returning it was strange to learn of all the things that we had missed while out of the country. Everyone here seemed to know so much more about everything than we did. It took us all some time to catch up. We all had someone to worry about. Not too many people didn't know someone in either NYC or DC. Anyways. Just my story. [/QUOTE]
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