Costa Rica

Today we arrived in Costa Rica. The country is very green and mountainous with many beaches. I went on a ziplining trip that was in the forests. We got to ride on 8 different ziplines, with the longest one half a meter long. It was awesome, we glided over a large river and through the trees. Costa Rica has a rich climate, allowing it to have 5% of the world’s biodiversity, including a cloud forest and a dry rainforest. It also has quite a few active volcanoes. Known as the Switzerland of Latin America, they abolished their military as a statement of peace. One of the common phrases the locals use as a greeting is, “Pura Vida”, meaning ‘the good life’. After ziplining, I went back to the ship and met a friend to walk around Puerto Caldera. Turns out, there is really nothing to do in that little port town so it was kind of fruitless. When we got back, we met some other friends and travelled to Puntarenas to eat dinner. That is a much more touristy town, so at least we found somewhere to eat. Costa Ricans eat rice and beans everyday, even for breakfast. Many of their meals are variations of that with meat and other veggies. It is pretty good food overall. It was a fun day.