Week 3 TRAVEL

On week three we traveled to La Selva. La Selva is a biological research station in the middle of the Rainforest. We stayed in these pretty old cabins that roomed six people...3 bunk beds per room. I thought it was really fun but it seemed that many people were burnt out of the nature walks. On the nature walk we saw some really cool animals. In order to get to the woods we had to cross this pretty creepy bridge over a river. It tilted and shook a little bit when we got to the middle, which was kind of scary. There was a lot of cool wildlife out there that we hadnt seen before. We saw tons of Blue Jean Poison Dart frogs, which are the red bodied frogs with blue legs that you see in many magazines. It was really cool. We also saw some monkeys that were playing in the trees above us. Its amazing how they jump from tree to tree and use their tails as a fifth arm. I though they were gonna fall out of the trees multiple times. The night was really relaxing..we sat around and told stories and chilled.

The next morning we went to Puerto Viejo!!!!! The town was so cool and laid back. The people there seemed really nice, and there were a ton of little gift shops full of decretive masks and other stuff. We ate dinner at a small restaurant which we had the option to have chicken or fish.... as usual. After diner we all went out on the town. We found this really nice night club that was right on the water. Basically we just followed the base beat down the beach until we ran into it. I  think it was my favorite bar on the trip. We all went into the water and hung out underneath palm trees and listened to the music. Around 12, the music stopped and a model runway show began! The girls were amazing, i could not believe my eyes haha. Overall Puerto Viejo was a really really fun time and was one of the best surf towns i have ever been to.

The next morning we went to Manzanillo, which was only about 30 min. away. On the way there we stopped to go snorkeling for the second time this trip! The coral was huge and really shallow. My friend John is afraid of coral and was flipping out. He got a little cut on has hand the size of a paper-cut and swam as fast as he could to the boat as if he had seen a shark! It was hilarious. There were a lot of really interesting and beautiful fish. M favorite was this little black fish with turquoise and blue spots all over its body. After snorkeling we went to the resort. It was like a 5 star hotel!!!! None of us could believe that we got to stay there for 2 nights. The beach was all sand and the waves were huge. Some of them were about 1 foot overhead which is a pretty big wave. The rest of the weekend was just complete relaxation and was perfect for the end of the trip. We laid on the beach, played volleyball, went swimming, fought waves.. it was a great time. At night we all partied, and hung out as usual.

This weekend was equally as good as the past two....UNBELIEVABLE! It was pretty sad leaving knowing it was our last weekend trip in Costa Rica as a class.