Friday: Megan and I took the bus out to San Ramon and while we were waiting for the next bus to La Fortuna we found this cute little soda that had the best bebidas natural, like mango smoothies. We got to La Fortuna around 7 and we went to the farm that she worked on for three months last year. She went through this program called Eco-teach, which is this program that you can do in almost any country. You pick and country that you want to work in and they help you find a farm to work on. You work for as a volunteer but they give you a place to live and feed you. The farm she worked on is absolutely beautiful and everything about the farm is organic and eco-friendly. They had lots of different smaller gardens but they mainly grow yucca and sugar cane. They have groups of people come through everyday and they give tours and feed them with the food they grow.
The family was so hospitable to us. They fed us and let us sleep a bed upstairs that's basically like camping because there aren't windows anywhere, the house is all open. That's probably how the bat got into our room and scared the poop out of us.
You can see volcan Arenal from the farm and the whole weekend is was so clear, which is really unusual. It usually rains quite a bit and the volcano always has clouds around it.
When it got dark we went into town and ate pizza at La Parada and Megan tought me about American Revolutions and I got freaked out because I feel like I know nothing about any of this stuff that our country has done to other countries.
Saturday: We did homework for a few hours after breakfast and then headed to the waterfall. It's the biggest waterfall in Costa Rica and it's breath taking. We swam in the river that runs off of the waterfall, it's full of fish ( trout I think) and they aren't really afraid of people so Megan got real close to them. She looked like a fish whisperer because they were all just facing her and getting closer and closer.
After the waterfall we were freezing so we went into town and fuond a coffee shop where we got some crazy coffee drinks and bread. Megan and I are Costa Rican food taste testers. We've made it our job to find the best pastries, coffee drinks, ice cream and any other Costa Rican specialties. Yamalith, the wife of Don Juan who owns the farm she worked on, is definitely in the top chefs we've tried. She also has a mole on her lip just like mine!
We ate our amazing food then headed back to the farm on this busy little road that we thought we were going to die on. Costa Rican drivers are scary enough without on lane bridges and no place to walk. At one point we saw a guy about 50 meters in front of us with a machette that he was sharpening on the ground as he walked towards us. We lived though, unlike the giant toad we saw in the street that had his guts squeezed out of him.
Sunday: After more homework and breakfast we took the bus to San Ramon and got ate McFlurries with guayaba chocolate chunks. Amazing.
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