Today we all went ziplining through the jungle. Our bus departed and took us from the hotel to a location high atop a mountain in Quepos. Our main tour guides name was Luiz and he was extremely friendly and spoke english quite well. We all noted that almost all of the people we met in Costa Rica speak better English than those in Panama.
When we reached our first platform along the zipline at the very top of the mountain, some of us looked extremely excited and the rest seemed scared. It was unnerving to first swing off the platform and fly into the treetops but after the first few sections everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves. After we had all gotten some experience the more daring members of our group tried different stunts such as ziplining upside-down in the harness. There was a photographer ziplining along with the group who was taking pictures throughout our adventure who got some great shots of everyone. Also RJ had his camera with him and was able to capture an amazing video as he ziplined through the trees; hopefully we will be able to upload this soon.
By the time we reached our final leg of the zipline everyone was a little sad that it was already over, but definitely ready for lunch at the restuarant at the bottom of the mountain. We were served a traditional Costa Rican dish of fish or chicken, and of course rice and beans. We then said goodbye to our friendly tourguides and returned to the hotel on our buses.
The rest of the day was free time for us, and as it was a beautiful sunny day in Manuel Antonio, we all immediately changed and walked down to the beach. Many of the boys took the opportunity to take surf lessons while the rest of the group swam and sun bathed. Most of us remained on the beach well past sunset enjoying every minute of such a perfect day.
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