Costa Rica Day 2 / 3 Author:
Huy Pham
So, it’s been 2 days so far in
Costa Rica, halfway through the second day here. Currently we have traveled to
Uvita from San Jose on a 4-hour car ride (I slept through most of it). There
were 2 times though where I got off and took some photos: The first one was where
a river was, and we were able to spot some crocodiles; The second stop was at a
big “Jaco” sign, and we met the person who oversaw the shuttles.
We shopped at a big local mall
for food supplies that have been planned so that the scouts would cook it. Once
we had gotten back with our supplies, we went back to where we going to be
sleeping for the next 2 nights and started making some pasta with alfredo
sauce. The food in-fact was quite good even when it was made in 30 minutes.
After we had eaten our dinner, we practiced campfire songs that would performed to the Boruca people. The songs that we chose were: “Hermie the Worm”, “2nd Story Window”, and “Ging Gang Gooli”
.
Today we all woke up at around 7 in the morning (although I wasn’t woken up) and had
milk and cereal for breakfast. The first thing we were going to do today was
waterfall repelling. There was first getting the taxi ride there, where we
would get on some more cars to drive up to the river and waterfall we would be
repelling down.
Once we hiked to the waterfall,
we first got to see our guide go up and down the waterfall, but we would only
be going down. We first hiked up to the top of the waterfall and I was sent
down the dry side of the cliff first. It wasn’t that scary since I knew that
the rope was secure, but it didn’t mean that it was easy. Some parts of the
cliff were quite slippery and hard to get a foot on, but everyone made it, with
a little bit of trouble. (And we were dropped into the water below, so we all
got wet)
The second attempt at the
waterfall repelling, we were given the option of repelling down the actual
waterfall part I decided to go down that way. Yes, it was scary at first, but
once you got the hang of it, it was quite easy to get down. In fact, I kind of
just sat in my harness and slid down which a lot easier to do that the dry
area. This time we didn’t get dropped down, but I did get a mouth full of
water.
After the waterfall repel, we
went down a nature slide in the river connected with the waterfall. It was
actually quite fast, but very short, still, it was fun to go down. Once we got
back to the drop off area, we were met with a surprise of fruits and snacks
that we would have for lunch.
Currently it’s been a few hours
after the water repelling and we’re about to go down to the beach, Costa Rica
has been fun so far! (for now)
Signing off,
Huy Pham