We travelled early Thursday morning to a remote lodge in Sarapiqui rainforest. The lodge is gorgeous situated on a lovely river.
The journey to the lodge was very difficult. It included a two hour boat ride, in the torrential rain. Then a two hour bus ride followed by an hour and half ride on a tractor.
For some reason I was feeling quite down. I'm not sure whether it was the idea of not having access to the Internet and not being in contact with my friends and family, or I was slightly hung over from the night before.
But I just couldn't switch my mind off on the journey. I was very close to crying at one point. But thankfully I just concentrated on how beautiful the scenery was.
When we got to the lodge I was so tired I went straight up to my room and slept. I was woken up for dinner.
After dinner we went on a night hike. It started at 8:00pm and it was supposed to be for two hours. I was a little nervous as the thing we'd see on the night hike are tarantula's, snakes and poison dart frogs.
I ended up at the back, I didn't like this but I had a head lamp on so saw where I was going quite well.
The first thing we saw was a tarantula. It was on the tree and I was literally a foot away from it. I was so proud being so close.
Thankfully we didn't see any snakes but we did see a few poison dart frogs. They are tiny but as the name suggests, they are poisonous. They can't kill you but can make you very ill.
When it was time to head back, I was at the front with the guide. This was really good as he kept pointing things out but every time he did my question was 'Is it poisonous?'
It was good as we were powering through the hike and when we turned around, no one was there. Clearly we were walking to fast, he said I was very healthy for keeping up. I think it was because I was using walking poles and everyone else just had a stick.
I decided to join the morning hike in search of birds. I had to get up at 5:15am. It was super early but a great way to start the day.
We saw some amazing birds like toucans, parrots and turkey vulture's. The hike was quite hard and even though it was so early, it was incredibly hot!
We enjoyed a good breakfast when we got back, I'm conscience of eating so much so I've tried to stay away from the carbs. I had some lovely pineapple, papaya, eggs and a sausage (or something similar).
After breakfast we chilled out a little then went on another hike (yes my third hike) to swim in the river. It was crystal clear and so refreshing.
I was one of the first ones in. The current was quite strong but it was really good. The guide put a rope up so we could climb on the rocks and jump off. Again I was one of the first, I did chicken out and go slightly lower than the others did.
After lunch I went horse riding. There were six from the group and two guides. The horses bridal was very different from back home. The rains were literally a rope around their nose. There's no mouth bit.
I ended up holding the rope in my right hand and held the front of the seat with my left hand.
The horses were very forward going. I can't remember my horses name but I know she was a girl.
She cantered so easily. It was such an incredible feeling. I felt so free roaming a rainforest in Costa Rica. It's the fastest I've ever been. She loved going fast up hill.
After horse riding we had a little cookery lesson and made Tamale. It's rice, carrot, potato and pork. We'll cook them up and eat them tomorrow.
This afternoon has been cool. We've all just sat around chatting, painting our nails and now drinking wine.
The group of people is really good. We've got a few couple and there sweet but it makes me a little sad as I miss Stuart a lot.
I've made friends with Meera, Amy and Caroline. Meera is a really sweet girl who loves to party, she's 19 and has a cool zest for life. Amy and Caroline are both friends and teachers. Amy has a wicked sense of humour, we've had some funny banter. And Caroline is a really nice girl. We've been chatting and it's really nice to easily chat to knew people.
Tonight's dinner is BBQ and then we'll have a bonfire. I saw the guy chopping the wood and decided I wanted a go so I asked if I could help. It was quite difficult but very empowering.
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