Hola!
(Sorry for the late blog, internet was down on my day.) Unfortunately, this was the last day in Costa Rica. I woke up really early (at least for my standards) around 6:50 am. I am very glad that our tour guide Esteban was nice enough to push our scheduled canopy tour and zip line from early in the morning to 10:30 am so that we could go to the beach early in the morning.
The beach, as expected, was absolutely beautiful. As a result, and for those who know me, I love and had to take many pictures so that I can show all my family and friends. Also, the water was perfect for swimming. Even though I have been to the beach in Ecuador many times, I must say that the water in Manuel Antonio had even better water temperature because our SIE trip falls into the ideal beach season in Latin America. For me “beach and zip line day” was by far the best day I have experienced so far in the SIE trip. The waves were perfect for bodysurfing, which I did not know what it meant until I learned it from Bahktiyar and Erik. Unfortunately, sand kept going into my eyes and nose. At one point, I decided to retire from bodysurfing and move on to the broken boogie board from the pool (which I was probably not allowed to use) and used it for the waves. Then after spending too much time at the beach until 9:30 am, I had to rush, pack, and get ready for the canopy tour.
For the Titi canopy tour, we drove as three little groups down to the zip line area. Then, the tour guides, with funny animal names, such as mosquito, monkey, and cricket, helped put on our harnesses and helmets so that we would not fall into the forest. After that, the tour guides showed us the ropes as to how to zip line properly and the “hard” signals for slowing down and continuing. Then, finally we began to zip line…
As I was waiting in line, I became increasingly nervous because I forgot to mention one little thing- I do not like heights. However, once I had to use my muscles and jump for the tour guide to put my cord to the zip line, I became a speed demon.
As a speed demon, I forgot about the height (at least on the shorter stations) and I actually enjoyed it. In fact, on the last station, everyone finally got a chance to see a squirrel monkey. Also, I am quite happy that I experienced 1500 feet of zip line (even though I absolute hated waiting in line in the shaking staircases for the next station).
After the canopy tours, we had around three hours of “here and there” naps on the bus until we reached Orquideas Inn once again at Alajuela. Everyone then headed to the midterm review (which was quite useful because it refreshed everyone as to the different companies we were visiting). Lastly, I then went to eat at a restaurant named “Fresas” after a long journey with the taxi to find a restaurant that was safe and actually open unlike “Calula” restaurant. To sum it all up, it was an awesome day.
Buenas Noches,
Marcia Chong
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