Pura Vida!

Saturday we met Joe, he studied here in the Spring and decided to stay for the summer sessions. Sunday we woke up bright and early at 4:30 am (yes, before even the sun was awake) and made our way out on our first adventure. An hour long ferry, two hour bus and we were at Montezuma. First we stopped off and got some Gallo Pinto for breakfast and then hiked to a waterfall, where there was a rope swing and a 30ft cliff jump. So much fun…I sported my sweet shoulder brace. Des was terrified to jump off the rock, but once we got out the camera and we could prove it, she jumped!! Yahoooo. We then hiked back down, got some lunch and wandered the beach for a bit. It was definitely a good first official day.

Sarah: I did the rope swing only once, bugged the shoulder a little, thought of you and knew you would disapprove, sooo I stuck to cliff jumping. You should be proud.


Today I woke up, went on a little run, then had Orientation. That went well, I’m in all my classes and everyone officially got to meet. We’ve definitely got a really good group of people here, I’m really happy about that. I’m definitely taking more classes than I anticipated, but I’m excited about all of them. The lineup is: Spanish 2, Latin American Cuisine, Latin American Dance, and…drumroll, “Purposeful Travel: Insights into ecotourism and Volunteer Travel.” The only class I need is the Spanish class, so the other ones are just for fun. After the meeting we all wandered around the town for a bit and the I went for another run on the beach. I’m actually really excited to start classes tomorrow. Buenos Noches!