4H Memorial Camp- Guest Blog!

It's the Wandering Jellybean with our very special guest blogger, Miss SC2004. YAY! JB

The Farm!

After Orlando, Florida, we came to Bloomington, Illinois to visit my cousins for three weeks. During our stay we went to THE FARM. THE FARM is a farm in Clayton, Illinois that my cousins own. They have all sorts of things to do. They have a pond that is really good for fishing. I went out with my uncle and I caught a big catfish.

They have a paddle boat. I went out with my mom and we got caught in the rain.

The ABCs of Walt Disney World Orlando!

A is for ANNA, who we didn't get to see because the wait time was 90 minutes.
B is for BOAT RIDE, other wise known as the Jungle Boat Cruise, ooh, aah what an adventure. :-)
C is for CAROUSEL, also known as Prince Charming's Royal Carousel.
D is for DRAGON, we saw a "rad" steam punk dragon.
E is for ELSA who we also didn't get to see.
F is for FIREWORKS and the amazing show they put on.
G is for GHOSTS in the Haunted Mansion.
H is for HALL OF PRESIDENTS, and the weird people that go to see it. Oh, wait that is me. :-)

Top 10 Things to Do at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida!

Hey guys,

Recently, after nine months, we left Costa Rica. :-( But, now, we are in Orlando, Florida. Today we visited Universal Studios. We only really went to three of the areas inside the Park. We went to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Dr. Seuss Land, and Animal Actors. 
In Harry Potter Land (Wizarding World of Harry Potter) there are two parts. One, Diagon Alley, is in Universal Studios Florida, and, two, Hogsmeade and Hogwarts, were in the Islands of Adventure!! 
*Thunder* *Echo*
Well, technically, we went to four parts of the park since Harry Potter Land was divided into two parts.

How to Make Chicken Casado!

One of my favorite dishes in Costa Rica is called Casado. Casado means "married" and this dish is always served with the combination of rice and beans and often a vegetable or salad and some patacones (fried plantains). Yum! It is a traditional meal that can be made with: beef, fish or chicken. After trying Casado in different parts of Costa Rica, this is the recipe my mom came up with to make it.

Book Review: The Time Hunters!

The Time Hunters, by Carl Ashmore, is a phenomenal book. Becky and Joe Mellor go to visit their Uncle Percy over summer break. Uncle Percy lives in a enormous house, near Manchester, England, and has loads of fancy stuff. They can go all over the grounds and do whatever they want. Until Joe makes a shocking discovery. Is Uncle Percy really who he says he is? They get whisked into an adventure that shouldn't really be happening. Along the way, they make friends with lots of people and animals. By the time they leave they cannot wait to see Uncle Percy again.

I liked this book because it is it mentions a lot of well known myths and stories, like: Theseus and the Minotaur, the Golden Fleece and Robin Hood. I really liked this book and if you like Harry Potter or Percy Jackson I would totally recommend it!
JB

The Fire Twins!

Hey everybody! The Fire Twins is a short story written by yours truly. :-) I hope you like it.

Fire Twins

By: JB Inlae-Mamtus

The Boston Globe

NOTORIOUS CRIMINAL CALIX SENT TO PRISON

Calix was apprehended at approximately 7:39 last night. Authorities were called to the scene only to find Calix tied up and sitting in a circle of fire. A witness said that Calix had broken into her house and stole her grandmother's pink diamond earrings. Just as he was getting away there was a bright flash of light, and then two girls known as the Fire Twins arrived at the scene. They caught Calix and tied him up leaving him for the authorities. On behalf of the entire city we thank the Fire Twins for what they did. Hopefully we will be able to thank them in person soon. (They never stay at the scene after they save the day.)

Happy Birthday!

I have good news. Today wanderingjellybean.com is turning one! Yay! Over the last year it has been so exciting! There have been 102 published comments. 4102 page views, from over 20 different countries, including Bosnia, Herzegovina, Israel, Russia, The Netherlands, The Ukraine, and Turkey! It has been a great year! Here are some of my favorite pictures from the last year.

Out and About in Alajuela!

We have been to the provincia de Alajuela a couple times in the past eight months. Alajuela is one of the seven provinces in Costa Rica. It is north of San Jose and west of Heredia. It has quite a few volcanoes in the area. The weather is very cold at the higher elevations. Some of the highlights of are travels have been,
Sarchi,
Sarchi is a town nestled in the hills of Alajuela. The town is known for its handy crafts, such as wooden furniture, leather rocking chairs, and hand painted ox carts. The chairs in our house were made in Sarchi. One of my favorite things we saw was a giant ox cart that was hand painted. The entire town is decorated with the beautiful ox cart patterns.

The Jaguar Rescue Center!!

Hey, guys! This blog post was written by one of my best friends. She came to visit me in Costa Rica. So, for once, I get to sit back and relax. I am proud to present....this blog's very first guest blog post. Yay! Go C Frey! 

JB

Top Five Restaurants Near Montezuma!

1. Cocina Clandestina:

Cocina Clandestina is a little restaurant in Delicias, just up the hill from Montezuma. It is a little bit out of the way, so, there aren't as many people as in some of the restaurants in Montezuma. It is delicious Mexican food. I would highly recommend their Street Tacos!  It has a cozy, mellow vibe. I liked every bit of it. Bonus- If you are a kid you get a cool kids menu to color. Seriously, there are different designs, not just one. 

Nicaragua!

We went on vacation to Granada, Nicaragua.

Granada is a little town on the Lago de Nicaragua (Lake of Nicaragua). The Lago de Nicaragua is 99 miles across in some places! The hotel we stayed at was called Hotel con Corazón. It had a giant chess board.

Arenal!

One of the most popular volcanoes in Costa Rica is called Arenal. Arenal is about 1,600 meters above sea-level.

We went to Arenal to go to the hot springs. We stayed at a resort called Tabacon. Tabacon is named after a town that was destroyed in 1968, the last time the volcano erupted. Tabacon has a series of geothermal pools that you can swim in that are all heated by the volcano. The pools are different temperatures and some are mixed with cool river water as the different streams flow through the park.

Kayaking in Bahìa Rica!

We went kayaking in a bay close to us..... at night?!

Did you know that is actually very hard to see your fellow kayakers and where you are going? Luckily, we didn't go very far. The main reason we went out was to see this.....

Phosphorescent plankton. When you put your hand or paddle in the water it lights up like a bunch of fairy lights. When fish jump it lights up in ripples. You know when you skip a rock it makes ripples around each skip? Well, imagine that but all lit up. It was very hard to photograph but it was really neat to see it.  If you ever in Costa Rica, Bahìa Rica Adventures is a good place to go to see it. It's amazing.

Ciao!

JB

Los Quetzales!!

On our way back to Montezuma from the Osa Peninsula we went to the mountains to this place called Mirador de Los Quetzales. So basically you spend the night in a cabin and then get up early in the morning to have a hot drink and then walk around and look for quetzals. A quetzal is a rare bird that only lives in the Central American mountain ranges. During our time on the Osa Peninsula we met quite a few people that went up in the mountains near Monteverde to look for quetzals and didn't see any. Luckily, we saw some.

Campanario!!!

On Christmas day, we had to wake up at 5:00am so that we could drive all the way to the Osa Penninsula which is more than 200 kilometers away. We left our house at 7:00am and, after a short ferry ride and a long drive down the coast, we finally made it to our final destination in the town of Sierpe around threeish. In Sierpe we met up our friends from the US that we hadn't seen in four months! The next day we had to wake up at 5:00am AGAIN so that we could eat breakfast and then get on a boat at six that would take us to Campanario. The boat trip was two HOURS long, but it was kind of neat because you go down the Río Terrabà and out into the ocean.