Tamarindo

What an amazing trip!

Granted, this is in despite of the fact our lives were in danger multiple times!

Dangerous parts first!

1. On the way to Tamarindo a few guys decided to drink excessively over the 6 hour bus ride. They were also standing up because there were not enough seats on the bus. So as a few passengers got off, they took seats. A particularly angry one decided to sit in front of Krystle and I and put the seat down so that hit our knees (these bus chairs went back way too far). We asked him not too, and he got angry. Decided to play with his knife in his lap! We were not too thrilled about any of this, and recognized one cannot use logic with a drunk/fool. So we shut up quickly and prayed for safety and a quick end to the busride! We got off the bus and did not look back! The LORD protected us for sure!

2. We went to a beautiful beach on Saturday. It is called Playa Conchal. Concha is shell in spanish! The majority of the beach was tiny seashells and broken seashells and barely any sand. It was amazing! However, it definitely came at a catch. The waves were so powerful and high! There was a drop off about 20 meters out, but when the waves were large this is where they crashed! So literally the waves were between 6-10 feet, bigger by the time we left! A few of us in the group, including myself, took an unfortunate ride within a few of these! Very scary! Seriously, yet again, God is good and deserves all praise for us making it through thus alive!




3. On the way home a very interesting situation occured. A girl from another language school in Heredia was on our return bus home. She did not have a valid passport or a photocopy of it. She had an expired drivers license(maryland) and an old passport. Well lets just say things did not go well once we went through the Police Checkpoint. She was taken off. And sadly her friends did nothing. I learned two things: not knowing what to do is no excuse for inaction and always travel with your passport or a photocopy if the authorities say it is ok!


Fun part:

We had a great time relaxing on the beach. It was so good for our health, despite the sunburn! It was just so beautiful and reminded me of the LORD's creativity! It was such a joy to experience it together and experience new places! We are enjoying meeting new people and practicing our Spanish. Getting out of the U.S. for this extended period of time as been so rewarding! Reminds of the things I take for granted as well as the arrogance developed because of our prosperity- No bien!



We stayed at a hostel called, La botella de leche! It was nice, shared it with a guy from Canada and a girl from Switzerland! Quite interesting learning about why people came here, what they did in their home country, and what they are up to while here! I am so intrigued by these people that work to make money so they can travel! These two were simply surfing everyday! What an adventure!

We enjoyed a beautiful sunset!


We made an amazing dinner with some other students from our school! We made a huge bowl of guacamole and had some leftover that we offered to other travelers at our hostel! We had delicious hamburgers that was a reminder of home! How I miss pizza!