Personally I do not like to wake up early but that day a 3 o'clock bus ride to Pearson International didn't feel so bad. The rest of the day consisted of smiling faces, uncomfortable seating (especially if your 6'2) and excitement filled with all.
As we finally arrived we first met our bus driver Jorge, he was going to be our go to guy for the next few days as we adventured the land and travelled to many different locations. The roads were an absolute mess and were a nightmare for a young driver such as myself. Jorge was a very talented driver and and handled all the roads with a breeze.
As we finished staying in La Fortuna our group took a boat across Arenal River (which is man made) to get to the UGA Eco-Lodge. The boat ride was very peaceful and being in the middle of the lake and having numerous mountains and even Arenal Volcano surrounding you was quite serial. Personally when I thought we got of the boat we would be minutes away from the Eco-Lodge. Well that was not the case we took plenty of twisty non paved roads with smaller buses which was quite an experience. No worries thought we made it to the Eco-Lodge safe and sound.Our final stop on our tour was the beach town of Samara. Jorge picked us up again as we traveled 3 hours on the bus. It was full of sleepyheads and aliens as we watched "Independence Day." As we took our first step off the nice air conditioned bus into the heat of the beach it felt like you were in the Sahara Desert.
Finally it was time to head home, Our class said our goodbye's to Jorge and hopped on another plane back to Canada. You could already see the memories that we made and how closer we got as a group as we lifted off. Costa Rica was defiantly a life changing experience and is something that I'll always look back on.
Charles ...
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