The Plan:

This summer I will be traveling to Costa Rica (May 16th - June 3rd) and Ecuador (June 3rd - July 25th). I will be studying in San Jose for a Mayterm course through Houghton College - taking a course about Costa Rican culture and brushing up on some Spanish grammar. Then I will travel from San Jose to Quito for the next two months. I will be interning/volunteering with MAP International during June and Alliance Academy International during July.



Saturday, May 21, 2011

Vamos a la playa!

We just got back from a short trip to the beach - Punta Leona - on the Pacific Coast. We took a private tour bus there, stopping to walk across a bridge and check out some cocodrillos.  This wasn't at all dangerous...we walked along this narrow sidewalk trying to avoid falling into the traffic or into the river with the crocodiles.  There were no casualities, for the record.  We arrived at the beach/resort Friday morning and had all day at the beach.  We played in the salty water, swam in the pools, and lounged on the sand.  We originally went to the playa blanca, only to discover this wasn't the beach Senor K had been telling us to go to, so we had a little adventure walking over to the other one during high tide.  It was great just relaxing and gettng out of the city to see the beautiful country.  Everything was so green! And it was super humid and hot.
Los cocodrillos en el rio.

On our way to the beach.

Treking to the playa blanca - we walked about 2K and sweated off all of our sunscreen.

La playa blanca.

Sunset at the main beach - unfortunately it was a little cloudy.
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  1. UnknownMay 23, 2011 at 11:32 AM

    So that's what that means this whole time I thought it was about Track :) Coach Matty

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  2. dawnspainMay 23, 2011 at 12:12 PM

    Sounds like a grand adventure. Love reading your blogs and living vicariously. <3 Dawn

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