What an amazing week! For Semana Santa (Holy Week) I was able to go to Costa Rica with 6 great friends! It was an 18 hour bus ride to San Jose and then another 5 hours the next day to La Fortuna where our adventures began, but it was all worth it!
Our Adventure began in La Fortuna at the base of Volcan Arenal. We spent a whole day touring around the volcano. First a canopy tour with 9 different zip lines. At the end of the zip lines, we rappelled down a cliff and rode horses back up.
After a brief lunch break we went on a hike through the rain forest to a fantastic waterfall! This was probably one of my favorite places. Some of us climbed up the side of the waterfall and jumped down into the deep pool below. We took trails around the base of the volcano seeing lots of different animals and even a coral snake!
The next morning 4 of us got up at sunrise to run to a rope swing in a river. It was about a 2 mile run and the rope swing was amazing! Another highlight for sure! We took turns swinging into the crystal clear water, pooled below a small cascade in the river before it slowly flowed on downstream.
After our morning swim we were on to Tamarindo, a beach town on the Pacific. We stayed at a nice place with a beautiful pool. I'm personally a beach person and spent most of my time in the sand. :)
The best part of the trip was the girls I was with. We had so much fun together! We hung out at the beach, went out for dinner, grilled chicken and veggies at our place, had ice cream sundaes, ate fruit smoothies on the beach each day for lunch... it was so restful and fun at the same time.
One of the days Lesly and I went surfing! I had never been surfing before and it was so much fun! I did find that the second day was a bit harder, but we had a blast! And of course, what's a beach without volleyball! I was able to play volleyball each day and LOVED it!
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