Last night there was a nation-wide power outage in Costa Rica. Apparently some huge generator or something blew in Limón, and it knocked everything out, but not all at once. The ISA office was out in the afternoon, but came back on. So I went up there to call my mom, and when I was leaving, one of the directors said to wait and she'd drive me home because the power was out in my neighborhood, and it had just gotten dark. She drove me home, and sure enough, everything around my neighborhood was pitch black.
Side note: I am sitting on the patio so I can get wireless, and this huge black and orange bug just crawled out from behind me and scared me half to death. I'm moving off the ground.
Anyhow, back to my story. I went to the Teatro Nacional last night with a friend to see a dance, and it's downtown. The power was on when we got there, but went out right before the dance started. The Teatro has a generator so we were able to see the dance. When we left, though, the entire downtown area was pitch black, along with the rest of the city. It was pretty scary! Kind of cool though, because we could see stars. It didn't come back on until 11 or so last night and has caused numerous problems today, i.e. cell phones not working, the Internet is down at a lot of places-including the ISA office and my university, and traffic lights are out everywhere, which does nothing for the already ridiculous driving habits of Ticos.
This weekend I'm off to an active volcano, which should be fun and interesting! Pictures will follow...hope everyone has a good weekend!
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