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Zooming Zipline

Hello people back home! This morning we had delicious French toast and sausage. After that the people who were horseback riding and ziplining piled onto the bus and went our separate ways. The zipliners went to the starting point. There were 6 ziplines. It gradually got faster with cooler scenery. After 2 hours of ziplining, we ate at La Palma restaurant near the zipline course. After that, we went to the house and farm of the uncle of our tour guide, Adonis. We met up with the horseback riding group there. We played a game of soccer and then got in the pool. Liza bet everyone that she could eat 36 donuts in 2 hours. Then we went back to the Jungle Lodge and saw some capuchin monkeys. We ate lasagna and garlic bread. For dessert, we had ice cream sundaes. After dessert we had a prayer service on the beach. Half of the group went on a night hike and the other half stayed at the lodge and made rosaries.

Horseback Riding

Hola from Dr. Hutchins and Dr. Keiser’s group. We woke up to delicious French toast, sausage, and fresh fruit. Everyone enjoyed the breakfast made by Jackie. Next, we packed our bags and all piled into the bus. When we arrived at the horse farm, we were assigned to a horse and started the trip. We walked all along the hot trail. The views were beautiful! At the end of the trail, we galloped in laps around the farm. After finishing, Walter and his family made us lunch. We had rice with iguana, beans, vegetables, and our first American food- French fries! For dessert, we had ice cream. When all the food was gone, we relaxed and played soccer and chilled in the pool. Then we were greeted by our zip line friends and went to the town to get ice cream. Next, we all got back to the jungle lodge and relaxed for the rest of the day. 

Hasta Luego!

Jack H. and Maggie

Criking (Creek Hiking)

Hola! Today, Mr. Earls and Mrs. Mussman’s group went on the creek hike with Mr. Morgan and Jordan. The bus ride there was long but very fun. We arrived at a café and went off from there. We took a 5 minute hike to get to where the river started. It had tons of big and small rocks in it which made some parts difficult to walk in. On one part of the river, we all sat down under a waterfall and it felt like a massage chair. We did many team activities along the way. When we got to the first waterfall, everyone lined up to jump off of it. We all went 5 or 6 times. We also jumped off of a different waterfall and jumped backwards off of a bridge. It was very fun and we saw a sloth, blue morpho butterfly, poison dart frogs, and a tucan. We walked back to the café and ate quesadillas with either chicken or vegetables. We stayed there for awhile, played ping-pong, and then went back to the lodge.

-Caroline

Pictures today are from the 17^th and the 18^th. We will be posting a description of our pictures tomorrow. We are all safe and sound at the Iguana Lodge at the moment.