Its totally worth it!

The theme of my past weekend.

Today we had the day off school because of the celebration of the annexation of Guanacaste in Costa Rica (look for pictures of our school’s culture day in celebration in a post this week!). So to celebrate, what else would you do but go to Guanacaste? So me and 7 other students (Abby, Courtney, Laura, Wes, Abbey, Mary, and Melissa) headed off to the beach at Tamarindo. I will try to keep this short, although our adventures were many. But I’ll stick to the theme of the weekend.

Its totally worth it… the bus:
Although we had a flat tire and no AC on the way back, AND we had to leave at 5:30am this morning… this trusty bus got us safely to and from our destination. And the best news… no one’s luggage got stolen.

Its totally worth it… the hotel/hostel:
First night experience. Not an apartment, as the website indicated, more like a dorm room. The fully equipped kitchen included a fridge, propane stove, sink, pot, pan, and some plates. No swan folded towels, as the website indicated. A stinky bathroom, and a night long power outage, therefore no AC. However, this room housed many fun times such as the hoedown throwdown, ticket to ride, fishbowl, cheese used as an ice pack, cooking dinner, and so much more.

Its totally worth it… the point:
The beach was beautiful, in and of itself, see photo . But as we were sitting around, I noticed a rocky point out to the left and convinced two of the girls to walk there with me. As we are walking along alternating slipping on rocky and hurting our feet on barnacles, we start to wonder why we’re doing this. Sidenote: Abby said “I feel like I’m on mars walking on craters” :) However, upon arrival at the point, it almost took my breath away. It was one of my favorite sites I have ever seen and pictures don’t even do it justice. We ended up coming back here two more times and spending most of day just enjoying the wonder of God’s creation. SO worth it!

You'll have to ask Wes if surfing was totally worth it... but I think he would say yes.

All in all, we had a weekend of adventures. The break from school was really nice, although the break from Spanish speaking was not. Everyone in Tamarindo spoke English because it is such a tourist location. And now I feel like I don’t have any spanish words in my head except axila – armpit. No idea why, but I think it is hilarious and we just learned it Friday. Go figure this highly useful word would be the one that sticks with me.

In other news… maybe another post to come… Hosea chapters one and two are favorites. I don’t know who you are reading this… but you should read them because they are terrific!