so much to tell...

well we had a great weekend here in costa rica! on friday, we got to get out of class two hours early to go to the beach! how cool is that?? so we took our weekly exam and left. we all piled in taxis and drove to the bus station. we got there a little early... but there was also an earlier bus that just happen to have sixteen extra seats for all of us to leave early. sweet. so we drove all the way to manuel antonio... about three-ish hours. then we got to our hostel... a lovely piuta camp style housing... where we changed into our suits and headed to the beach. we hung out there for a few hours, then came back, showered and went out to dinner. then we came back, watched a movie... since our awesome hostel projected a movie every night onto this giant white wall... and went back to the beach to watch the lightening storm and chill by the bon-fire. it was a good friday.

then saturday we had the WHOLE day to do whatever we wanted. so we woke up, went for a run on the beach, ate a big breakfast (that's really what the sign said 'big breakfast here'), then we went back and changed into our suits and headed into the national park with the hopes of seeing a sloth! (or at least that was my hope :)) and we did! we saw three sloths just hanging out in a tree in there natural habitat... not in the zoo and it was awesome! we saw a bunch of monkeys too... not in cages. so cool. there were also iguanas all over the place and we saw a few crazy colored frogs. we spent the day hiking through the jungle and hanging out on an awesome beach taking in the sun and riding the waves. after a loooong day we came back, showered, went to dinner, came back and played some ninja attack and watched another movie. journey to some crazy island or something. this time though it started raining so we got a little wet and by the time the movie was over we were all so wiped out that we just went to bed.

and sunday. that was a long day. we woke up and walked on the beach. ate breakfast. changed. went back to the beach for some sun and waves. went back to the hostel. showered and got dry (somewhat). tried to get on the 11:30 bus. fail. went to the gas station and got a gatorade. tried to get on the 12:00 bus. fail. went back to the hostel. watched diego eat lunch. went back to the grocery store. got an ice cream sandwich and a coke. watched spain score against italy. went back to the hostel. colored. went to the bus stop. tried to get on the 2:30. fail. watched a sad, little, three-legged dog. went to a restaurant for lunch. got some delicious nachos. ate super slow. tried to get on the 4:30 bus. fail. waited on the corner while spain won the game. got on the 5:00 bus. win. had to take a major detour because of the huecote en the rode. four and a half hours later we arrived at the bus station in san jose. walked outside looking for a taxi. nice man said follow me. get into a red pick-up (not a taxi...) dance to some hilarious music. get a little worried when we don't recognize anything. finally we see the perimercado. we made it. shower quick. sleep.