Monteverde

So the last paid for by the school trip was to Monteverde. Which pretty much consisted of a long bus ride...followed by a huge pasta lunch (for some reason we weren´t fed dinner), and an overnight stay in a decent hotel. The following day consisted of a brisk walk through the National Park, some crazy zip-lining through the canopy of the cloud forest, a huge pizza lunch and then another long bus ride home.

Pictures (above and below) from outside the hotel room

Fallen Tree in the National Park

Me at the lookout point that we hiked to...it was really windy
View from the Lookout

Carly in her zip-lining gear...

Playa Conchal

For the last beach weekend in Costa Rica, my friend Christen and I headed for Playa Conchal on the Northern Pacific side. It was a very relaxed trip, as the town we were staying in (Brasilito) didn´t really have much to offer...but the beach was nice and the sunsets even better.

The beach itself as made up of a bunch of shell pieces

Close up view of what the beach ¨Sand¨was like

Just 20-40 ft over this hill was Playa Brasilito which was a completely different kind of beachPlaya Brasilito was dark sand and the water was a deep blue (although you can´t really tell in this picture) instead of the turquoise blue of the neighboring Playa Conchal

Sunset pictures over Playa Brasilito
My friend Christen, enjoying a Rock Ice con Limon

Another picture of the sunset over Playa Brasilito

My friend Xavier....came to hang out with us during dinner. He must have sensed my inner cat-lady, or maybe