This morning Taylor and I woke up at 5:30 in order to be ready to meet the bus at 7. Our laundry was not dry just as Zulay had suspected. Everything smelled nice so we tried drying it some more, but the air was just too wet to get much done. I can only imagine trying to do laundry like that every day without a real dryer and having bugs all over you. I woke up with probably more than 20 massive bug bites but they will go away soon. I guess I slept with a few bugs under my covers. Once again, this is living proof of how evolution works as it is obvious that the families who live in this community no longer need to worry about the bugs as they have built up some kind of immunity to them. I am very jealous of this as the bugs seem to think I smell and taste quite sweet.
Johnny arrived at our house 15 minutes earlier than expected and we were just not ready, but it did give us an excuse to not really eat the breakfast. I feel really bad not eating everything we are given but there are just certain things I cannot stomach. For example, the homemade cheese they continue to feed us may taste good to them, but my stomach just repels it. We drove about 30 minutes into the town of Nicoya which was beautiful and had the oldest active church in Costa Rica. built in 1664. Then we continued down to Samara Beach which was absolutely stunning. I am so glad that they planned to take us there after almost all of the class work was done. It would have been such a tease to go to the beach and then have to walk around businesses and listen to lectures. Besides that, my sunburn would have been even more uncomfortable in business clothes.
The rest of the day we spent out at the beach and eating at a small restaurant. The food was delicious and the weather was beautiful, however not all things end as great as they start. By about 3 in the afternoon I was super burnt on my thighs where they have not gotten much sun at all before. I also had a massive stomach problem that I am still not sure what caused it. Everyone else went to dinner, but I do not think I missed much. Wyatt got his wallet stolen which just goes to show how you can never be too careful in a foreign country. I am sure the economy attributes to this, but it makes you appreciate the USA and how civilized most people are. I cannot wait to see how Costa Rica develops over time. The stolen wallets may never change as the main business is tourism and people are just not very careful with their things.
This hotel was amazingly clean and had great service compared to most other places we have been however. They let us check in really early and stay late which was much needed. We really appreciated how far they went to help us and make sure we had a good time.
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