Today we finally got a lie in (Yey!), but
as I have got used to waking up so early I ended up waking up at the same time
as usual. I made the most out of this time and had a shower; I think I’m finally
getting used to not having hot water!
Today for breakfast we had a traditional
bread thing with scrambled eggs and then porridge afterwards. It was actually really
nice and for once no rice!
As it is Sunday and the Costa Ricans are
quite religious, we didn’t have to do any work today! To fill our afternoon off
Gilbert took us to a lovely beach (Playa) at Nosaro. On the way Gilbert pointed
out a foot bridge over a river, it was only built four months ago by Gilbert.
Because during September time the area gets flooded really bad, this new bridge
means that the children can still get to school even if the roads are flooded.
At the beach we found a lovely spot
underneath a little shelter. Also at the beach Holly realised that she had
quite a few small ticks on her legs (First ticks of the trip!). In total she
had around 6 ticks but Cliff managed to remove them with some tweezers from the
first aid kit. At the beach we played in sea, watched the surfers, played cards
and Jenny collected hundreds of shells. (Ed. I think US customs are going to
have fun! J)
At around 2, when we had decided we were
hungry Gilbert took us to a pizzeria on the way home. I don’t know if it’s because I haven’t had a
pizza in what feels like forever, but that tasted like the best pizza I had
ever eaten! By the end every plate was clean and everyone seemed much happier. (Ed. No sign of any monsters lol)
Back at Gilbert’s house we had a group
meeting to discuss rest and relaxation details, we still can’t decide between a
canopy tour, white water rafting or a wildlife walk. We also talked about our
arrangements for the night before we travel home, it seems weird that were
talking about this already but we’re already about half way through our
expedition.
After the meeting we packed our rucksacks
in preparation for travelling back to San Jose, after being here for about a
week I think I’m going to miss it. I’m especially going to miss the nice beds
and good food.
For tea that night we had chicken, chips,
rice and an egg omelette. I presumed the omelette would be made with chicken
eggs but I just found out that it was actually made out of turtle eggs, I’m
sort of glad that I did eat it because now I can say that I’ve tried turtle
eggs but I still think eating them is a bit gross.
After tea the man selling the jewellery
from the other day came back to give us all our orders, he also engraved them
for us for free. To thank us before he left he held a prize draw for 2 free
necklaces Ellie and Leah were the winners. (Ed. It was a fix!!!!!)
As I am writing this now we are sat round a
campfire enjoying biscuits and preparing for the travel day tomorrow. Everyone
is enjoying themselves but we’re all missing home and can’t wait to see you all
soon.
Quote
of the day: We can’t remember any quotes so here’s
an extract from Alex’s journal – a great
night’s sleep aided by a fan, miraculous.
I could sleep on it for days; I would rather carry the whole building with a
working toilet system rather than my rucksack with tent.
Alice
Hurren x
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