Hooray! It´s Travelling Day!

Six hours worth of travelling across Costa Rica in one day, and here are a few of the things I learned:

1. Costa Ricans have the right idea – A GPS means a map and a laser pointer.
2. On the coin colones, there are 3 mountains representing the three large mountain ranges in Costa Rica. Also, it looks like there is only one ship before the mountains, but the dot in between two of the mountains is actually another ship. Each one sails on a different ocean that borders Costa Rica.
3. When the tour guide says, “Pay attention, there’s going to be a quiz later,” he means it. There could be a t-shirt at stake.
4. When the tour guide says that he just went into the butcher shop to get the throwaway bits of meat so that we can feed crocodiles later, he means it.
5. Feeding crocodiles off a bridge is SO COOL.
6. Howler monkeys really do howl (well, the males do anyways).
7. Time always seems to go by very slowly in Costa Rica.
8. When the heat and humidity are getting to you, and all you want is for it to rain, remember to be careful what you wish for next time.
9. Riding down a river in a small boat going rather fast is very exciting. Especially when the rain is pelting down so hard that it hurts your skin, and it’s thundering and lightning outside and you’re in a metal boat in the middle of the water, and there’s fog everywhere, and you can barely see out of your glasses… I’m quite serious, though… it was very exciting.
10. HOLY GUACAMOLE OCEAN WATER IS WARM HERE!!!
11. Mangroves are really cool… well, at least I think they are. It was hard to see them with all of the fog and the rain.
12. When you put all of your luggage into plastic bags to keep it dry when in reality the one thing that you care about keeping dry is your computer, of course your computer is the one thing that gets wet.
13. Hammocks with ocean views are the best idea ever.
14. Never underestimate the book exchange rack at the hotel. There just may be a fantastic book there that is waiting for you.
15. And most importantly… PACK LIGHTER NEXT TIME!!!!!