Polina
Today our day started very early. After two hours of sleeping, I got up at six in the morning. We had a quick breakfast and went to the National Park Cahuita near Limon, the Caribbean side of Costa Rica. It took us almost five hours to get there. On our way, we saw a pineapple plantation, banana palms and coconut palms. We stopped to buy fresh coconut. First, you drink coconut milk and then eat the fruit itself. It was very tasty. When we arrived to the National Park Cahuita at the time when the monkeys were having their meal. We saw a lot of monkeys on the trees and along the ocean. It was amazing to see them so close. While we were walking through the park, we also saw many crabs and lizards. One more time I realized how rich Costa Rica’s biodiversity is.
Kimberly
The first thing we did was take pictures of the beach and ourselves at the beach. Then they all headed for the water while I walked around on the sand. I didn’t really plan on getting into the water because I had such a trouble with the waves last time, and these were higher and more frequent. I climbed a tree and wrote words in the sand with a stick. At one point, there were more monkeys and a sloth in the tree right beside us that hung over the shore. People stopped to take pictures of them. I decided I would change into the rest of my swimming suit and get in just a little. I never went so far in that a wave went close to my head. Eventually my attention span gave up on the waves and I stood in the sand by Polina digging holes in it with my feet.
Alexander
This ocean was so much fun because unlike the Atlantic, which was calm and soothing, this was rough, big waves. There was a warning for big waves and boy were they right. We went into the water and body surfed, jumped over waves, dove under. It was such a blast to feel the raw power of the ocean and the pull of the waves. The hits they would give you, just pure, raw power. It also took a lot of energy out of you.
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