So, for the last two weekends I have traveled around Costa Rica for my LAST two weekends with friends. Two weekends ago I went to Manuel Antonio... which is where our food was attacked by monkeys. Silly Monkey, human food is for us. We read before entering the national park of Manuel Antonio that if a monkey eats human food, it throws their digestive system out of whack and can kill them. :( So we were very careful to watch our food. But they did get a little bit of leftover mango and some other people's food! However they were so cute!!
As well as the monkeys' strategic planning attempts, we had a nice lil' iguana come visit us. We had to be careful though because we were told that they were poisonous, especially if they bit us! But that weekend was very nice and relaxing!
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| Sunrise over the Caribbean Ocean! |
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| Tortuguero boat tour. Beautiful wall mural |
Then.... this past weekend, we traveled to the island of Tortuguero! It was very awesome! It was a nice getaway from the modern world. On this island, there were no cars, no big animals, and no pollution! We did have cell service though, in case we had to reach someone in case of an emergency or something! :) Tortuguero is an island off the Caribbean coast (And I have been told that it is where parts of the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean" was shot!)! It was definitely a nice relaxing weekend! On Sunday we woke up at 4:40am and did two different tours, but first we got to see an amazing sunrise! The first, by boat. Here we saw crocodiles, monkeys, birds, lizards, etc. It was really cool! Our tour guide was amazing as well! He definitely knew how to deal with us American students! Then the second, was a walking tour. the mosquitoes were terrible though (and
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| "Piano Bird" during our boat tour! |
this is a section of Costa Rica where Malaria is present, so.... we had to be careful) and we did not see too much while on this tour. :( But it was definitely a good experience! This was our last weekend trip as our group! My housemate and I are leaving, so it will not be the whole gang anymore. So we took our last group photo (minus one person...so below is the one we took the weekend before!)! I'm gonna miss these guys! I really am!
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| Last full group photo at Manuel Antonio! |
So I can almost count the number of days I have left in Costa Rica on one hand! I am so very excited to go home, yet very sad to leave as well! But I have come and met some amazing friends! People I will never forget. I have learned so much about myself, learned how to dance like a crazy good person, and improved my Spanish! I think my time in Costa Rica has been a success! :D
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