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Day 5

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Hello again parents and anyone else who's reading! Today marks day 5 of our 10 day journey in the beautiful Costa Rica. Today in our opinion would be the best day so far because it was just so jam packed! We started the day off by waking up at 5:30 to prepare for our hike on Santa Maria. Breakfast this morning was at 6:15, rather than the usual 7:30. After breakfast we rushed into our vans to get our favorite driver, Eddie (he is the best). The drive to Santa Maria was about an hour and ten minutes long. when we arrived, we all doused ourselves in another coat of bug spray and we were on our way. Not even 10 minutes into the hike, our tour guide, Freddy, spots spider monkeys sneaking around in the canopy above. We stood there for a solid 5 minutes observing these adorable creatures. Moments later, a fellow classmate, Grace Ewing, spotted a large stick bug. Freddy, without hesitation, grabs that stick bug and lets it crawl all over him. This is one of the many creatures he gra...
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Day 7

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Hola from costa rica! Today was was a very fun day, probably one of the most fun days we've had. We started off with breakfast at 7:30 as usual. Had eggs and rice for the fiftieth time and cinnamon rolls. We had a morning science sesh where we worked more on our experiments with our groups and checked our bacteria and fungus plates that both smell really bad. Finally time for lunch and we had burgers! It was kind of a disappointment when we found out that they were black bean burgers though. After lunch we went on a 40 minute tractor ride and then a 40 minute hike along with that. the hike was fun and in some places we had to use a rope to get up and down. the trail was really muddy and slippery, our boots were filled with water.We ended up at a really cool waterfall and got to swim for a while. Some people climbed the rocks and jumped in *cough cough* Derek and Jack. Then we hiked all the way back and took the tractor home. We were singing old tv show theme songs because there w...
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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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