Costa Rican Fun!

So far, Costa Rica is AMAZING!!  Yesterday, after the airport, we loaded the buses and traveled to our really nice hotel.  We went in the frigid waters of the pool, and went up to the restaurant to have lunch.  After we got our room assignments, me and my roommate (Katherine) got comfortable and just hung out until our meeting.  We went back to the room after the meeting, and I fell asleep before dinner.  I was woke up and we went up to dinner, fish, chicken, veggies, potato salad, and rice.  It was really good.  I liked the fish best (it was breaded).  We also had some kind of juice that I wasn’t fond of and a dessert.  We’re pretty sure it was tiramisu.  After dinner, Katherine and I went straight to our room.  We fell asleep imminently, before we even had to be in our rooms.  I think it was about at 8:30.  Today, we got our wake-up call at 5:00 AM and went down to breakfast at six.  It was good, eggs, pancakes, fruit, and… rice and beans and brownies for breakfast!  We boarded the buses at seven and went through San Jose.  On the bus right now, we stopped to take a look at the breathless mountains, named the Cloud Mountains by me.  The clouds are right there, next to the mountain. If you were on the summit, or maybe a little less, you would be swallowed in the cloud.  We stopped to take pictures and inhale the fresh air out of the bus.  There was this really neat plant that is rough like sandpaper, and our guide, Jorge (pronounced Hourhay) told us that’s what it was used for.  The stems have thorns on them, and there was a grasshopper on the leaf.  Cooper held it in his hand.  We’re heading to see the sloths right now.  I’m really excited. They look so cute on the video (in a weird sort of way)!  Tonight we’re going to see the turtles lay their eggs, which will be a treat.  If Costa Rica is this awesome, I’m sooo excited for the rest of the week!

Cate