Final Blog

Written by Brittany Stone


The third day in the rain forest was a very complicated day. While we were doing service work; which was building a wall, was difficult. Though the work itself was not complicated, the group was temperamental and was not able to work together. Nevertheless, we worked threw it. Then we played a refreshing game of soccer with local children and adults. It was a wonderful work out. Then we got to go to the waterfall to cool off. This waterfall was different than the first one. In the, we were able to dive into. It was really deep. I just wish that the people we played with were able to come with us. We finished this day off with a round-table talk of all of the funniest moments that happened in Costa Rica.


Last Day in the Rain Forest was a very long day. IN order to leave we had to go on a two hour hike to the other side of the mountain. During this walk I realized that hiking the mountains had gotten immensely better/easier. The first couple of days, the small hikes to our working area took a lot of energy and caused us to sweat bullets. The funny part is, our other destinations were always past the previous destination we had. Therefore, when you reach the first and second destination your thinking "Wow, that as easier than yesterday and the day before." It is a great feeling. After our hike, we were picked up by vans and taken to a zip-line area. This is something I was really looking forward to. When you get all geared up you feel invincible until you reach that zip-line area and see that you are about to fly above trees and rivers! The feeling was amazing. While we were zip-lining , it began to pour down rain. It was scary! When you are zip-lining, your break works because you pull down applying friction. When it is raining, there is little to no friction. So when you approach the next base you are pulling for your life! On top of that, you in in the air, on a metal wire, it is raining, thundering, and lightening. Your just thinking, "Please, God, don't let lightening hit this line!" Everyone was soaked. When we finished the course we were able to turn our shoes upside down and pour the water out of them. It was gross. Then on the ride to the next hotel we had to pass/drive through some rivers. May I remind you, it was pouring down. Therefore, the rivers were overflowing with water and we were getting stuck. Eventually, we got onto the road. The hotel we stayed at was right off the beach and was very pretty.

Now that I am back home, I realize that there is much here to be appreciated. I like the fact that we can flush our toilet paper the toilet, we have paved roads, and out police are one phone call away for the simplest of problems. The one thing that I miss a lot about Costa Rica is the kindness the vast majority of the people exemplified. I know that I were to have the opportunity to do, I would most definitely go again. Costa Rica is a grand place and I feel like more people should go.