On the road again...

Jumping ahead to the last week and a half or so...

So I am back on the road again, and this time I have very little time to blog unfortunately. Also, I am having a hard time with my camera and batteries, so I will have to give you more pictures later. Right now I am working off of other peoples pictures, which are still really good so I hope you enjoy.

To start, we went to Nicaragua, took a boat ride of 3 hrs down the Rio San Juan (which was and still is a possible Trans-Oceanic canal route (like the Panama Canal), to the town of El Castillo. The Spanish built a fort here to control the river from English pirates in the 1600’s or something like that. Very remote, I mean where in the US do you have to travel 3 hrs by boat to get to a place? This was very cool, but no pictures to share yet, so I just wanted to mention it.

Then we re-entered Costa Rica and stayed a few nights at a private lodge in the middle of protected forest (remember I am in class this whole time). We could only access this place by means of 20 minute tractor ride… kind of different and ironically remote again. I liked this place a lot… picture coming soon.

So for the last couple of days I have been in Cahuitas, Costa Rica; a little seaside village on the Caribbean coast, right next to a national park call “Cahuitas.” This park is 90% coral reef, so guess what I did…

Of course I went snorkeling (for class) for the first time in my life. Oh and by the way... toe-ed shoes are great for snorkeling! Very fun. I saw many fish, including lion fish, and a sting ray. The water was very clear and warm. All in all it was a wonderful day in the pool.

We ate lunch on the beach and wen’t swimming too, and then did some hiking. I loved every last minute of it… and hope I can come back here again sometime. Any takers on joining me?

Here was our guide... a crazy Jamaican (though totally Costa Rican) man named Roberto.

Sorry for the lack of blog, I will try hard to get you more up later… especially for all of you who will be starting your studying for finals soon and want a reason to procrastinate.

Peace Be With All of You!