Health & PE Student Teaching via Costa Rica: Zip-lining: Monteverde

This weekend, all of us took a 2-day trip to Monteverde. We left around 6:30 a.m. on Saturday and arrive around 11 a.m. (the longest 4 hrs of my life). That bus ride was definitely an experience to remember, as well as a learning experience. Not only do they sell seat tickets, they also sell standing ones. This means by the time we reached Monteverde we had picked up at least 20 more people.Being that I can sleep in the worst conditions known to man, I only noticed all these people when the bus made it's final stop. LOL, lucky me!! After having to stand (I sat and slept) for half the bus ride, my friends and I realized that we should ALWAYS get our tickets in advance. Once we arrived, that was the first thing we did. Once we got our tickets, we ate a restaurant called Tree house Cafe. After lunch we walked around aimlessly for about 30 minutes looking for the hostel we booked. Once we finally found the hostel we settled in, took a nap, and later that evening we went on a night hike. The night hike was not what I expected. It was fun to be out with friends and experience new things, but I wanted to see more! To be honest, I just want to see a monkey. Since I didn't I wasn't impressed.

Once were returned from the night hike, we ate at a little hole-in-the-wall restaurant called Soda La Amistad. It was conveniently located right down the street from our hostel. The food was delicious! After that delicious meal, it was off to bed for all of us.

The next morning, we got picked up around 8am by the zip-lining company (Monteverde Extremo) and headed towards the mountains. By 9 o’ clock, we were crossing the first of 15 zip-lines, and that’s when I realized there was no turning back. Although I was a little nervous at first, zip-lining across the beautiful mountains of Monteverde was an unreal experience. Out of the 15 zip-lines, the Tarzan swing was the most intense. I loved every minute of it!