Trek Costa Rica 2 Update #2 Enjoy today’s updates from Trek Costa Rica 2 participants… Day 3 – Monkeying Around This beach is known for all of the monkeys that hang around there! We saw sooo many of the monkeys – they were really cool! We learned that the monkeys are black and white Capuchin monkeys. At one point one monkey stole one of our sandwiches and it was really funny. There was a momma monkey with a baby monkey on her back. Of course, we all took tons of pictures. Then we went to a different beach and ate the lunches we made the night before with everything we bought at the super market. On the ride back to the hotel we listened to music and laughed a lot. We returned to the hotel and walked around the streets of Jacó and went shopping, which was really cool because we got to see where the local Costa Rican’s buy things. We went back to the hotel for dinner. We are feeling all of the group love and bonding and are excited for zip lining tomorrow!! Day 4 – Zipping Through the Jungle We went down the ten checkpoints with extreme joy and adrenaline coursing through us. The few who were initially scared, fought off the fear and had an amazing time!! Then at the end we all had juicy watermelon. After we all removed our gear, we climbed back into the bus. I ate three bags of chips and queso! Then we arrived at a senior citizen center. This was also another very foreign experience because none of us had ever had a volunteer experience like this before. At first we didn’t know what to expect and were timid to talk. However, as the afternoon progressed, we decided to play dominoes with some of the seniors and really had a good time even though we did not speak the same language. After a typical fish, rice and beans lunch, the people we visited put on a dance performance for us. We sang some karaoke with our friends, I (Billy) even won a game of bingo with the help of a resident, and finally joined (Jonah) for a few games of dominoes. The day was filled with new experiences and lots of fun! Day 5- A Hopping Good Time Around 10:45am, we left for a long walk to the Rabbi’s house. I’m not sure why, but the town smelled like horses as we took our walk. One noticeable thing about the morning was that we were not allowed to bring our cellphones to the Rabbi’s house. This got all of us talking to each other rather than playing on Snapchat!! We had a very good lunch and played very fun games. Then, we took another long walk back to the hotel. The hotel had many amenities, such as soccer, tennis, bowling, a gym, a pool, ping pong, etc. It felt nice to relax!! We ended Shabbat with a Havdallah service where we stood in a circle and said prayers. We left the hotel around 5:45, and took the bus to Sky Zone. This was a huge warehouse type building with tons of trampolines all over. There were foam pits for us to do flips, a line of trampolines where we had to take one bounce in each one to get to the other side. And finally there was a huge trampoline with a ball above it and we all tried to bounce up and touch the ball. We played dodgeball, ate pizza, and socialized! It was a very relaxing and fun Shabbat! |
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