When I went to the hotel to meet Mom, Dad, and Taylor I was so excited! After catching up a little bit we walked to MesoAmerica where I go to school and I showed them around the school building. Then we walked 30 minutes to my Tica house and I introduced my host family to my family! We had a great time drinking fresh juice and even got to eat lunch with my host family! Next I took my family to downtown San Jose and showed them a few of the sights.
After a long trip, a broken down car, and a miscommunication about which hotel we were supposed to stay at we finally made it to Arenal. That night Mom, Dad, Taylor, and I went to watch the lava exploding out of Arenal Volcano.
Friday morning Dad had to go to the airport to fly home but Mom, Taylor, and I stayed in Arenal to go on a zip-line tour. The tour had ten zip lines...one of them was 1 kilometer long! Mom did a good job making it across the first line but then started to brake too much on the next too and decided it would be a better idea to take a "taxi" on the rest of the zip-lines so she could make it safely across! On the last zip-line she was very brave and rode the line on her own! We had a great time zipping on top of the trees and seeing beautiful views of the Arenal area.
Once the group was finished zip-lining we went to an "indigenous village" where we learned about the Male-cu culture and heard one of the men speak in their language. After that short presentation the entire group rode horses back to the reception area.
We had lunch at a local restaurant with typical Costa Rican food then headed to "las cataratas". The hike down to the waterfalls included 480 steps. Walking down was fine, but walking up was quite a trek!
Our night at the Hampton Inn was a sweet treat after a long day full of activity. I was very sad to say good bye to Mom and Taylor at the airport.
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