Poolside Blogging

So a lot has happened since my last update on Wednesday. Thursday was a lecture day at the hotel. We got to hear from a wonderful woman who has devoted her life to trying to eradicate poverty in a very low income area of Costa Rica. It was very touching to hear how passionate she was about this. Our last two lectures went through some historical aspects of Costa Rica including religion and political issues. 

Now to the fun stuff...Friday left for the resort. We stopped on the way to see some beautiful red macaws and a few holler monkeys. Around 3 o'clock, we arrived at the hotel and almost immediately hit the beach, and the bar. It's been very difficult to control myself having access to an open bar, and buffet almost 24/7. Saturday Dr Lanier, Liz-z, Johnae, Meriem and I went on a fishing excursion offshore. We had an absolute blast. We were catching amberjack almost every 5 minutes. We brought back probably 20lbs of fish filets to the chef at the resort to cook our whole group for supper. It was delicious. 

Sunday was our adventure day. We went to a huge ranch and started our day off with white water tubing. We then zip lined through the forest and ravines. I had never zip lined before, but it was so much fun. We then rode horses to a nearby waterfall (the horses were all very anxious to get there). Our final adventure was a long plunge in a natural hot spring.

Today is our last day here. The other guys went out to attempt surfing this morning. I quickly decided that learning to surf would likely be pretty strenuous, and I want to do absolutely nothing today. I woke up and ate a huge breakfast, and now I'm planning on hitting the bar and fresh chicken wings while attempting to bronze up with the ladies. Adios