For the Holy Week in Costa Rica the schools closed, and most all of the businesses shut down. This is equivalent to spring break. During this week the five of us traveled. On Friday and Saturday Megan, Mel and I went to Puntareanas. We got on the bus and we were nervous about where to get off. When we got off we appeared to be in the middle of no where. I did not hesitate to ask a man where and when our next bus was coming.
The next obstacle was finding out hostile. Our hostile was impossible to find. A nice man tried to help us but he did not know. I began to panic. When we got to our hostile, we pretty much stayed there. We spent our time on the beach and cooking. On Saturday a big run took place. There were 5,000 people that ran by us on the beach for a constant twenty minutes.
Next we met up with Sarah and Ashley. We took a very long bus ride to Monteverde. The roads were made out of rocks and dust. In Monteverde it was windy and cold. In Monteverde we did lots of tourist things. We went on a Canopy Tour, a Coffee Tour, and we went to a Butterfly Museum. The Canopy Tour was awesome. We saw beautiful scenery and our adrenaline was pumping. I could not believe how green it was in Monteverde compared to Nicoya.
Next we went to La Fortuna by car and boat. We had great views of the Volcano Arenal. We went on a nature walk in the woods at the base of the volcano and learned some history. We ended our vacation at Playa Tamarindo. We stayed at a surf hostile. We were surrounded by surfers and ate at Subway a lot. The Subway served avocado on their sandwiches. During this trip I experienced beaches and cool mountains. During this week I became comfortable using the buses and enjoyed meeting people from all over the world. Now we are back to the hot, dry weather in Nicoya. It is good to be a home in Nicoya after a long week of traveling.
