Weekend travels to Montezuma!

View outside my window!

At the beach

Dinner I had last week!

On the ferry to Motezuma

Alright, I have a lot to say!

I went to Montezuma, which is a small beach town, this weekend. I went with 7 other girls. It was a long trip. We met at school at 6 in the morning! We didn't get there until 2! Our hotel was very cute, and the view outside of our window was amazing! It tooked right over the beach! The beach was really rocky, so that wasn't so great, but everything else was amazing. The first day we got there we went to the beach. My friend Laurel decided to find a coconut. She found one but couldn't get it open with her hands, so she started throwing in at rocks. A group of ticos, Costa Ricans, came up to us and asked us if we needed help. One of the guys, named Miguel, stayed with us for a while. He had a knife with him, so we went along the beach and tried to find a good coconut. We never did, but it was a lot of fun trying! Miguel ended up being a cool friend while we were here. He was very nice. He lives in a tent on the beach. He is a very happy person, and fun to be around. Later in the weekend he rode a unicycle and juggled fire for us!

There was a bar right below our hotel, so every night we went there and hung out. It was Latin night the first night we were there, which was funny because we all had just taken a class on how to salsa and merengue earlier this week! We did a lot of dancing! It was so much fun!

We also decided to see some water falls. We thought it would be a nice 20 minute walk, but boy were we wrong! This was extreme hiking! It had rained a lot the day before so the rapids were really stong. Also, the path was muddy, so there were times when it was really scary. We had to hike up a mountain to get there, but all of it was worth it. I can't even describe how awesome the view was. I have pictures, but it isn't the same. The hike back got even crazier! We decided to go along the water this time instead of up the mountain. We had to cross the river at one point and that is when things got crazy! The rapids were moving quickly, so it was hard to walk across. We had three locals with us, helping us get across. In the middle of the river, I fell and couldn't get back up! I hurt my knee, it is better now, but at the time it sucked! My shoe also broke! So, between all those unfortunate events, the trip back was a bit crazy! We all made it safe and sound though!

I also want to take this time to thank some people:

Mom - thank you for the umbrella, it rains like crazy here!!

Mitchell - even though I didn't ask to borrow these things, thank you so much for your raincoat, by the way, it says women's inside of it, you should just let me have it! Thank you for letting me borrow your flip flops too, sorry, I suck, I shouldn't have just taken them. I had already packed my shoes when I realized I didn't leave any out to wear!

Charlotte - thank you for your chacos, those were actually the shoes that broke in the middle of the river, but they were awesome while they lasted, I definitely need to go buy some more!

Ashley - thank you for the shorts, it is super hot here!

3 random locals - thanks for saving my life in that river!

Claire - for planning our trip! We couldn't have done it without you!