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Last day in Costa Rica

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Hola otra vez family and friends! Last night and until 1:30 in the morning we were at the beach patrolling for sea turtles. We weren't able to see any sea turtles since it wasn't nesting season but all of us enjoyed a nap and the bright moon which was our only source of light. When we arrived back at Horizontes, we were very tired but excited for our day at the beach. We woke up to go on a morning hike in the dry forest with Freddie at 6:30. On our way to the waterfall we saw Kapok trees and smelled wild pigs from afar. After five kilometers we arrived at the top of a waterfall where we ate sandwiches and fruit for breakfast. It was gorgeous and very hot since it was the first day in a while that it didn't rain. We then took a tractor back to the rooms. It was a fun bumpy ride that involved dodging many branches, Derek lost his sunglasses to one branch. We arrived back at the rooms and many people chose to nap because of our late night and early morning. Others ch...
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Day 9

This morning was bittersweet, but not good like the chocolate we're going to bring home. Personally, I (Kaylee) think we'd all like to stay quite a bit longer and work with the ants, although I know we're starting to miss home. Our final breakfast in the Ranch at Finca La Anita was quieter than normal; that was because about half the group was packed into the little gift shop buying chocolate and last minute gifts. That morning, we had packed our suitcases and left them outside our cabins for Eddie, one of the van drivers, to pick up and put on top of the bigger van. As we left, Pablo and Ana came to say goodbye to us. We're one of many groups that come during the summer, but I hope they remember us. We drove away listening to Disney music from Grace's iPad in the smaller van as we took last minute videos and pictures of Finca La Anita. We hadn't made it 5 minutes away from the farm when the vans pulled over and we stopped outside a small building attached to ...
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June 28th- Day 3

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Hola parents and grandparents, Today we got started studying ants. We got to dig up the fungus gardens and queen ants. About 2 minutes or less, we found a dead colony. That means a colony without any ants living. About 10 minutes later we found a mature colony. It was as big as a master bedroom! That it is the equivalent of the ants building the Great Wall of China in scale to us. we got to hold many kinds of ants, such as workers, minima, queens, and soldiers. Derek started bleeding from on of the bites, and so did Noah. Those soldiers can really bite! After each group was done digging out one fungus garden we then all went to lunch. the juices here are very good, today was strawberry banana. We had risotto with heart of palm, steak, and salad for lunch. After lunch everyone went back to their cabins for about 2 hours, to get ready for storing and researching our ant colonies. We got to study with world famous Dr. Pinto! We started preparing our artificial ant houses in our plasti...
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