We may have hit a few speed bumps along the way (literally and figuratively), but we finally made it to the hotel around 2 a.m. After waking from our Dramamine induced comas, we ate a traditional Costa Rican breakfast buffet. Apparently rice and beans is a trademark dish here. Once we finished eating, we boarded our shuttle bus and headed to go canyoning.
Canyoning is a mix of repelling and
hiking across multiple terrains including natural rock terrains and
rainforests. The first of the repelling obstacles was 168ft down a sheer faced
rock wall that had a water fall flowing down it. The next three obstacles were
smaller but just as fun due to our encouraging and comedic guides. In between
the repels, we hiked through the rainforest with gorgeous views of both flora
and fauna of which included a multitude of plantain trees and the most
poisonous frog in the world (at a close distance, of course). After the
canyoning adventure, we headed back to base camp and had another typical Costa
Rican lunch of red beans and rice, chicken, plantains, and a delicious pineapple-papaya
drink. Cheers to our awesome tour guides for serving us lunch after guiding us
through the rainforest.
After a quick pit-stop at the hotel
to dry off and change clothes, we made our way to the Safe House for another
brand of adventure. Bringing with us the donated clothing and toys, we spent
the afternoon chasing and being chased by twenty of the sweetest kids that we
communicated with through hugs, smiles, and broken Spanish. We kicked around the soccer ball, threw Frisbees,
gave piggyback rides, and played in the sand for an hour and a half until the
kids and the group played ourselves into a well-deserved time of relaxation. We
left the kids with smiles and promise that we would return on Monday to
continue our game of tag!
We returned to the hotel for a
relaxing evening consisting of swimming in the natural hot spring pools that
come straight from the volcano bringing along on its journey to the hotel many
refreshing and moisturizing minerals. Science is cool. We capped off our
evening at the hotel restaurant dining on a wide array of global cuisine. After
stuffing ourselves with delicious food, we headed back to the rooms to hang out
and talk as a big group.
We are looking forward to tomorrow’s
adventure, and we can’t wait to share it with you!
Sloth Watch 2014: Day 1
The group remains devoid of sloth sightings.
Total: 0
- Your favorite chaperone and camper
duo/team/squad/pair/pack/junior suite living roomies/one less than a group/ones
and onlys/alliance/sloth loving/twosome/platonic couples/buds/pals/friends/allegiance/fraternal
twins (not really)/duplet/confidants/play fellow/alter ego/getting to the point
where we finish each other’s sentences-sentences…
Teddy and Reed (Repping Room 611)
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