The Day Before Our Last...

We're looking at the second to last day of our trip. We haven't been able to blog because we left San Jose and went too Quebrada Arroyo for three days which was in the middle of the rain forest. Here we experienced many things out of the ordinary for us. First of all we went on a long hike to the top of the mountain, which was very hard for me personally. Many of us seen it as a very great opportunity, but it was really hard for me. Plus it was pouring down rain as well. That's not unexpected because it is the rain forest. Then the next two days we did service work to help the association with their trails so that it will be safer for the tourists and community, and also for the association to become a corporation. Again this was really hard for me. We had to carry posts and cross waterfalls, and and dig into the earth to make this trail more efficient for them. At that particular moment I didn't have the greatest attitude. But when we finished I felt way better about our effort.

When we finished our work we got to go to the waterfall and swim and get a chance to cool off. This was a first experience for me. I never been to a waterfall and I never thought that it would happen with 11 other of my new close friends at school.

Also another first experience for me was getting stung by a wasp. I never been stung before in my life, and that wasn't the greatest experience. Being stung by the wasps put me in reality check that we were actually in the rain forest surrounded by different different animals that we don't come in contact with as often.

This is an experience that I will never forget. I will never forget Costa Rica and I hope to come back some day. But I will also never forget the family that we've created.
Hope to blog again soon...