Day 9 - Arriving at Monteverde

 

Today, we had a long bus ride today to stay the next couple days in Monteverde, a small town located in the cloud forest on the Pacific side of the country. The bus ride was a little scary riding on windy dirt roads a few feet from the edge of a mountain, but the breath taking views in nearly every direction sufficiently distracted me from the danger; it's easily one of the most beautiful places I've seen in my life. For a majority of the afternoon, everything was overwhelming and felt a lot like a dream to be honest.

Now that we're at the hotel and have time to enjoy ourselves, I don't want to leave. We went to lunch as soon as we arrived and I don't think I could be happier with the meal. The rice, beans, chicken and fish were so good I had to get three plates. As soon as we finished lunch we went zip lining through the canopy, and it was definitely the highlight of the day (and possibly the trip so far). Obviously the scenery was beautiful, but interacting with the tour guides was probably my favorite part. They were full of energy, always happy and smiling (like most Costa Ricans) and constantly joking around with us. Then we went to dinner, and much like lunch, there is nothing I can complain about (and I ate way too much haha).

On one hand, I couldn't be happier that I'm here right now, but like I said earlier I'm sad we only have two days to spend here. However, I'm excited to see what it has in store nonetheless.