We're Here!

Our trip did not start out well. The shuttle to take us to the airport was late, and we were the last stop. Although we arrived at the airport two hours early, the lines were so long. we stood in a line for over half an hour just to ship our bags. When we finally go to security, the lines were twice as long, and we had five minutes to board the plane. One of the airport guards led us to the front of the line, and then we had to run to our gate, which was the last one in the section. Finally, after a close call, we boarded the plane. The thing was, though, only a third of the people were on the plane when we got there, and it was supposed to be a completely full flight. Dad asked a flight attendant where everyone was, and she said they had delayed the flight because the lines were so long and people wouldn't have been able to make it. We had ran, cut lines, and gotten all worked up about nothing! After a smooth flight, we finally arrived in Costa Rica! It is the dry season here, so everything was not as green as I had pictured. The best part is the warmth, though. It was 92°F when we got off the plane! Our hotel was on the Papagayo Peninsula, a small spit of land off of the Nicoya Peninsula, located on the Pacific Ocean. The water here is bathtub warm. The peninsula is so skinny that it is an easy walk from one side to the other. The more enclosed side is the best for swimming, and is really sandy. The other side is kind of rocky, but there are cool shells and it is the best for snorkeling. We only went swimming on the enclosed side. After dinner we went for a walk on the beach. It was beautiful! There were howler monkeys in the trees eating berries, and they were throwing sticks down so we almost got hit! There were also small green parrots flying around in the trees. They aren't afraid to fly around people, and are always found in groups at the tippy top of a tree. Finally, it felt so good to fall asleep after a long, long day.

This is a picture from the hotel in Boston                  This is the first view of Costa Rica from our         In the early morning:                                                  plane of the rotated crops and farmland: