We woke up, grabbed breakfast in the hotel, and then caught our ride to our Home Base in Cartago. After a 1 hour ride, we arrived and met Santiago, who was to be our host for our volunteering. After being shown around, we ate lunch, and took a tour of Cartago. We saw a few churches, one of which had a special statue of the Virgin Mary which was said to reappear at this location each time it was moved. The church's interior was made up almost entirely of wood, and had lovely stained glass. People were crawling on their knees down the aisle to approach the altar.
Cartago is not a very big city, and it seemed like all the attractions were within a few blocks of each other. It is a city surrounded by green mountains. There are no street names or numbers, places are identified by direction and landmarks. Such as 20 meters north of the grocery store.
We returned to home base, had dinner, an orientation, and headed to bed.
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