Farewell speech, goodbye Costa Rica, - Emma

Mana said we had to write a farewell speech, so here it is.

     Costa Rica is an amazing country. The only thing I didn’t like about it was the humidity. It was bad. My hair frizzed up. Ick. Anyway. My 3 favorite things of Costa Rica were the adventures, the scenery, and the food.

     We did so many things. We zip- lined, went on the Manual Antonio tour, went on the Mangrove tour, and went to Tortuga Island. My personal favorite was zip- lining. It was amazing! We just zipped through the tree- tops. But on Tortuga Island and the Manual Antonio tour, it was only sand, sand, and sand. Icky. My least favorite was the Manual Antonio tour. There was way too much sand.

     The scenery. It was just amazing. There was water, trees, flowers, and stores. We were at the Marina near our hotel, a little group of shops and restaurants, and near the back or it, there was a humongo mountain/hill covered in trees and there was a waterfall that ran into a creek/river.

     Bon Appetit! Yummy! There were so many different kinds of food there. We had Asian, Italian, room service, pasta bar, and menu food. My favorite night was the pasta bar. Sadly, they’re serving it on Sunday. I’ll be in Georgia by then. Alex chose the Asian place, I chose the Italian, and Mana and Jim chose the menu food tonight. I don’t think any of us tried any Costa Rican dishes, which is weird to me.

     I would totally suggest this place to anyone. But not Jaco. Do NOT, and I mean DO NOT go into Jaco. If you do, go to a store called Guacamole. Its really cute and the have good prices. Kk, that’s all. Ttyl, miss ya, luv ya.

Fairwell Costa Rica- Alex

This is my last blog of the week so Mana made me tell things that I liked on this trip so here they are - I LOVED the white faced monkeys and how they were about to take Mana’s pants, did I tell you that? Well anyways I also liked the Squirrel

Monkeys, they were really cute did you know that they are endangered? I also liked

Body surfing it was really painful and fun. I also loved zip – lining when I get back I’m going to tell you all about it.

Photos on Blog

All of the photos on this blog were taken by Emma Watkins, excepting the ones in which she appears.

Crocodiles-Alex

Today we all went to the mangrove tour and we saw three crocodiles one baby and two adults. We also saw a lot of birds I came in second place in the animal guessing

Game. I guessed we would see 20 birds and 55 animals so I came in second place.

Oh, and during lunch there were like, 6 iguanas with us today and mana was freaked out . and after lunch we all went to the pool and played foosball, mini mini golf and ping pong. That’s what we all did today in Costa Rica.

Jesus Christ! (lizard)- emma

A.k.a.- the basilisk. It’s a lizard that can walk/run on 60 ft of water. Once it’s at 61 ft it starts swimming. Let me back up a little. Today we went on the mangrove boat  tour. We saw over 20 birds and 4 crocs. 1 was a baby (2 months), 2 looked like logs, and the last 1 was a dead 1 so big, it was like an alpha croc. We saw a couple basilisks, 2 females and 1 male (and no one said Jesus Christ). But we only saw them dive, not walk on water. Thankfully, our time was changed and we could wake up at 6:45, not 6. Tomorrow is our relaxing day. Mana and I are having our spa treatments, she a facial and I a French mani-pedi, my first, and the guys are having manly games of ping- pong, foosball, and miniature mini golf. Really, it’s a tiny mini golf course. Okay, that’s all folks! Please comment to your hearts content! Ttyl, miss y

We actually all did it!

An amazing day! Some actual photos of our experience are going home with the twins. The video on Alex's blog shows the path we all took. The twins were strong adventurers, Mana

We zipped, but I don’t know about the line- Emma

Today we got to get up 2 hrs later than every other day. It also was a 10 min ride. Once we got there it was more waiting then we started zipping. They were high or long, fast or slow, and long or short. My favorite was the 2^nd to last one, because it was the longest and the fastest. We had to break (pull down on the cable) around the red roof of the house we zipped over. On some of them I spun because I wasn’t supposed to have a hand on the cable because it would slow down my already slow speed. The hand on the cable would prevent you from going in circles as you zip down the line. The lighter you are, the slower you go. Anyway, the guides were really helpful and nice. They kept calling me a pro because it was easy for me. I have a pic of my favorite guide on here. He was the nicest of them all.  I got a map of costa rica here. It’s a detailed, colorful one. Okay, ttyl, miss ya, luv ya.

P.S- we aren’t in the video shown on this post. And yesterday we had to go on the boat because there was mucho agua.