in the pools, and also some “chairs” in the water, and a lot of waterfalls. It was quite a romantic place, even if there were all too many people for it to be romantic, but our 3 new couples had fun there. I missed Micke and stayed with the not single girls. We are 19 in the program, and have already 3 couples. 6 out of 19, that is like 30%. That could be INEXs new marketing strategy.
The last cable was 250 meters long and we started the last cable from a height of 40 meters, in an extremely old big tree. This was all done in the jungle, among the trees, we went above the trees, with no roads somewhere. In total we went by 11 cables. Then we also did a Tarzan swing, we just swung back and forward, straight over the trees inside the forest, high, high above the ground. First I was a bit scared, since I am not so fond of heights. But it felt so great after doing it, and so worth it. We had a helmet and 3 security leaches. If you ever get an opportunity to do, go for it!
, and here we have Spanish classes and then we are interviewing people for a course in sustainable tourism. The questions come from the earth charter, and they are horrible. I am so ashamed to ask them, the academic courses here has not been so great. Monday morning we had an interview with the ministry of agriculture, after that we went to the beach in Manuel Antonio, wau. It was great. A lot of waves, but great. It is so, so, so pretty and green here, and Quepos is such a cute little town. And this hostmom is so great. She is so loving and caring and her 3 dogs are the greatest, they are clean and healthy and part of the family, and that is not so common here. 2 are cocker spaniels and when, the cutest one, a mix. Always when you greet at it, it lays down on the back. I was thinking it could be nice to have a dog like that, because with that one you could travel in airplanes. And it is so cute, I would like to have a dog, I miss having a dog, but Jigi will be with us when I get home. Dogs are expensive.
Studying hard hear in Costa Rica. Our courses are about sustainable development and sustainable tourism.
Yesterday evening we had danceclass and after that we went out, had some great mojitos. I really like them. Mmm There were sparkling candles in the drinks. So loved them. But got home early. But I am still tired today.
I have problems with shoes. I don’t have any shoes to wear, since they all hurt my feet a lot. I bought I new pair in a big shopping mall on Tuesday. They look so good, but they also hurt. Hate shoes. So have to buy a new pair. Again.
On Thursday night we had dance classes, and I was on such a high and so happy from the dancing and latino music that we continued to another place. There was a group dancing a the scen with quite nice bodies, and rhytm, but their faces were not so great. The drink there wer cheap, less than 1,5 euros. And caipirinha 2.
On Saturday morning we started at 7 and left for a banana plantation. It was such a learningfull experience, of course we had to wait a lot for nothing, but at least I know from where the bananas come. And I think these workers had it quite well, even if they get only like 18 dollars for 9 hours work. We ate some coconuts there and listened to why Costa Rica is the best bananaproducer in quality. Eat Costa Rican banana! In the evening we arrived in Puerto Vejo in out hotel la perla negra on the black beach. We went to town and had some dinner and drinks. I was supposed to get home early, but there were no taxis, so we were looking for like 2 hours. Yep!
On Saturday we had early wake-up again, and went to tha national park called cauhita. It is a really beautiful park and we were going to see snakes there, by the trail and so on. I was freaking out. I almost did at one point. I had to walk the trail, like 1,5 hours, to be able to go snorkeling so I walked it, but most of the time I looked down. We saw I snake, I saw the snake. A yellow snake on a tree, really tiny. I just continued walking. Uhh. We went snorkeling from a small, small coral beach, a really beautiful beach. There were a lot of fish in the water, but the visibility was not so great and then I got cramp, that was also and interesting thing, since I dropped half of my raspberry colored bikini top. yei. On the way back, by boat, to the beach. It rained, and it rained a lot. The waves were coming in the boat, luckily we ad a good driver, but at some points I was a bit worried. Luckily the rain was warm and my camera safe.
In the evening we went eating again, to a place with 2 for the price of 1 happy hour. I drank mojito and they went quite fast up to my head. We sang to Malin for her birthday and danced a bit. Later we got back to our hotel and had a fire on the beach.
Sunday we were free to do whatever we wanted. For most of us that meant taking sun. The hotel was right by the beach and there was also a pool. Just chilled to whole day and in the evening we came back to San Jose. Now I have slept a good night sleep, I am wearing a shoulderless top and my classes will start soon. Just heard they had been without water the whole weekend here, happy I was not here.
