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 I fell my blogs do not meet some of the criteria mainly meeting the word count. At first I didn't know that there was a word count but once I read the rubric I tried to to meet the goal. But it is still a little harder for me to meet the goal. The only thing that creates stress for me is trying to meet and exceed the word count. Everything else is alright to understand  and write about. I am putting my best efforts to the assignments and blog post it is just I haven't really done blog post before this class. I do look and go over my blogs before I post but I do not tend to look at it after because I do not want to look at it again after so I can focus on the next thing. I really do not care about others seeing my blog post its just that I do not want to come across as insensitive of any group of people. The only thing I have really learned that I did not know before was that a lot of blogs are posted in a day I think it was around 4 million when I check last and that's pre

  An interesting part about the Costa Rican culture is what they choose to call themselves. The word for men "Tico" and "Tica" for women and comes from how they speak Spanish. They tend to add "Tico" at the end of Spanish words to show affection to one another. Even though the nickname has only been around for 2 centuries it has stuck.   Something else that interested me was the food in Costa Rica. It is a blend of Spanish, African and Native American foods, plus even more. The people from Spain brought food from Spain to Costa Rica and gave the native people different flavors of food. Now Costa Rica's food are very different since the population is varied a lot and the people who move their put a spin on classic foods from Costa Rica.   One of the most popular national forest in Costa Rica is the Monteverde Cloud Forest. An interesting fact is that about 10% of the plants there are plants that you cannot see anywhere else in the world. The only way yo

  During his fourth voyage in 1502 Christopher Columbus visited Costa Rica and the Spanish did not conquer it yet. But years later in 1564 the Spanish founded its first settlement thatchy ended up calling it Cartago. Costa Rica did not use Spain's slave labor system and instead the people of Spanish Costa Rica lived on growing tobacco and cacao. After Mexico declared independence from Spain in 1821 Costa Rica joined them in the First Mexican Empire but then that failed but in 1823 they joined and became a member of United Provinces of Central America. 23 years later due to political differences the United Provinces of Central America collapsed leaving Costa Rica independent.  During the 19th century Costa Rica got into some disputes with other nations. later in 1825 after Guanacaste succeeded from Nicaragua and became a Costa Rica territory shortly after. A filbuster named  William Walker and he was not really liked by Costa Rica and a couple other nations. Costa Rica teamed up wit

 Colombia is a country in South America with a humid climate. Depending on when you go there will be different festivals or other things going on. If you decide to got in February or March you could go to the Carnival of Barranquilla which is an even the everyone must see. The city of barranquilla is located on Caribbean coast of Columbia. It is a 4 day event to celebrate their carnival and they blend a lot of different cultures and local traditions in the event. If you are interested in eating some cultural Colombian food than here are some options like coconut rice. Another meal would be fish and it could be cooked in coconut milk or even fried. A place to sight see and get to look at a little bit of history you should go to Clock Tower Monument and it was the original entrance to city. Puerto del Reloj gets its name from the clock that was made in the early 18th century. There are so many thing to do and eat in Colombia that you would just have to experience it for yourself.  Links: