First off, correction on my last post, it was Drake Bay Resort :) My bad. And I will forever miss that place. Today wrapped up the last day or my "vacation" as classes start tomorrow. Last night for our last dinner they had some good old fashioned American spaghetti and I was very grateful. Though I have to say I am really surprised that I have loved all the food so far. There are some odds and ends I wanted to add on here before I completely wrap up the story of Drake Bay. On the day we went to town, we had to cross this cool little rickedy bridge and it was actually really funny watching some of the girls go across while the guys rocked the bridge. This picture of me on the bridge is very Marry Poppinesque :)

We also got to walk by some ancient bamboo, it was so huge!

Last night I actually got some sleep which was pretty amazing. My poor roommate got pretty sick one of the nights and though she didnt mean too, she kept me up for most of the night. Then I dont know if it was a monkey or just a really obnoxious bird that decided to make right outside our window its permanent residence, but it was not a pretty little bird sound. It was like a painful loud chirping/groan that had me considering taking up hunting every night and every morning really early. But last night, oh yes. It was finally some much needed sleep. So many people that went on the horse ride had never actually ridden a horse before, and they didnt so much as even give us a crash course on horsery, they just threw us on them then took off. Being the mastermind that I am, I didnt have much trouble and my horse was a great horse, but so many people where having so many issues, it was so funny. So this morning, everyone at the breakfast table was sitting down gingerly on bruised tailbones from not riding properly. I was definitely among these people and we were poppin asprins like candy. Kevin said the statement almost perfectly. "I woke up this morning and it felt like the horse had ridden me instead of the other way around." So true sir lol so true.
While we were trekking around the beach yesterday, Tico showed us a plant that they call here the tick plant and its because it looks normal and green but as soon as you start to rub it or damage it, the inside is bright red and looks like blood on your hands. Tico was my makeup man and put some on me as blush and eyeshadow. I got back to the beach and everyone was like, OMG Whats wrong with your face! Thanks guys.

 Its amazing here how fruit just grows everywhere. Any time we are walking anywhere, our tour guides will just yank a fruit out of a tree and have us try it. Mangos grow like crazy everywhere here and so do the coconuts. I have had so much fresh coconut, its been awesome.

Baby coconut tree

We had a boat ride then a long bus ride back to our homestays but now I am home safe and sound. Maria cooked a delicious dinner and we had a full on whole dinner conversation!!! That, mis amigos, is a huge deal! Albeit it was extremely broken and not fully understood on either of our part, we definitely conversed and I started feeling a little less bad about my spanish skills :) She was all motherly and told me to always go out with friends because some of the people here will try to take your wallet and your cell phone and was telling me if I go out drinking to not get too drunk and always take a taxi. So cute. Now we are just chilling in comfortable silence watching Costa Rican lottery. Life is still pretty amazazing. I am starting to miss home a little bit, but I cant too much, its still too amazing here. Pura Vida!