Earthquake! Terremoto!

So apparently there was a small earthquake last night while everyone was asleep here in San Jose. I personally did not feel anything because I can sleep through anything.

We wanted to give you the update that we were ok from this but also update you on our trip since we have not posted for a good while.

Yesterday was Sunday-Funday as we took a break from all the clinics and water demonstrations to enjoy some of the tourism here in Costa Rica. We started the day departing from la finca or the farm with some emotional adios-es and see-you-later-my-friends. Don Tony and Dona Rosa and everyone on the farm were such great hosts and we had formed such great bonds with those on the farm that saying goodbye was difficult and heartfelt.

After saying our goodbyes we trekked to the Nacional Parque de Arenal. The scenery was breathtaking. God's handiwork is quite majestic down here in Costa Rica and the Arenal region and surrounding area was no exception and might be the pinnacle of what we have seen.

The first thing we did as a group was visit the hot springs. No


w I don't know about you but when I think hot spring I think of the side of a mountain with some waterfalls, pools, and what have you. This was not what we experienced. This place was a five-star spa, hot springs water park. Yeah, there were pools of extremely hot water but it was really touristy. Nonetheless we enjoyed getting in the 100+ degree waters and going down the fast and seemingly dangerous water slide. We followed up the time in the pools with a volcano-side (like mountainside but on a volcano) restaurant meal. Yes there were beans and rice but some of us enjoyed some of the more homey tastes of spaghetti.

From there we trekked from the hot springs to our canopy zip line tour, in the rain. Lots of rain. And I slept so I don't really know exactly how the bus ride went but I know Travis and Mackenzie talked photography while others most likely played some kind of game.

The canopy tour was, how do I put this, interesting. Our main guide Marco was clinically insane. His broken but surprisingly good English made what he said just that much more interesting and comical. One of his more memorable quotes went something like "don't let yourselves spin on the line because I don't want you to hit the trees, they are really expensive."

I rained nearly the entire canopy tour and actually didn't hinder us at all. It was great- possibly highlighted by the extremely large swing we all got to experience.

The rest of the day was spent in the bus traveling back to the AMCA house in San Jose. We, of course, played games for the three hour trip and killed a few people playing our mafia game (honestly, the game is interesting, and doesn't sound as bad when you know the rules.)

We are about to chow down on some pancakes and head out to our last clinic.

I hope everyone back home is doing great.

Josh