1st Full day in Costa Rica!

Today was such an exciting day! we went to La Paz Waterfalls and it was so beautiful! We drove through the towns of Costa Rica, and the towns seemed to have many people in them with alot of stray dogs. But no one seemed to notice or care. The mountains and the scenary were absolutely amazing. Everything was so green. Our tour guide Juvario was so awesome! He was hilarious, and made the trip so awesome because of his knowledge and good jokes. The girls and I had to get up early but had a great breakfast with a lot of fruits, huevos, and some amazing coffee that got us going for the day. The trip to La Paz was a little scary because of the long, windy road but I slept most of the drive haha of course. When we arrived at La Paz the weather was awesome, hot, sunny, beautiful day. We went and saw beautiful birds, such as tucans, parrots, hummingbirds, and a hawk. Then moved to beautiful butterflies and for my first time I held a butterfly in my hand which was very exciting! We then saw a numerous amount of snakes, from boa constrictors to rattlesnacks. After that we saw what I had been looking forward to seeing in Costa Rica and that was the Frogs. The colorful looking frogs that you see on post cards but never in real life! It was exciting. Shortly after seeing the frogs of course we were hit with rain. But the rain cooled us down and we all put on our ponchos and kept going. We ate a wonderful lunch, and started to hike some more. We saw some jaguars, and some Jungle cats, which we were told aren't as friendly as you would think. The most amazing part was at the end where we saw waterfalls. It was so beautiful, this was my first time ever seeing a waterfall and we saw three of them. the rush of the blue clear water, and the green leaves plants and rain forest all together was breath taking. It was so pretty and so soothing. Another cool thing I did for the first time was held a centipede! I have always been scared of things like that, and I wasn't scared once I saw a lot of the girls try it! it was amazing! I love the nature, and the animals and insects we saw were so beautiful and unique. We were over 2000 ft above sea level and I felt like I was on top of the world. After leaving the waterfalls everyone on their face had a smile. It was the best thing we have probably ever seen. we have the best bus driver Roy. But on our shuttle back to the beginning of La Paz we were taken on a crazy bus drive by another guy. I thought I was going to cry haha. The streets are so narrow and so windy, with no railing. Imagine going 30 mph on a road like that. all I can say was it was Crazy!! After all of this magnificent things, we went back to the hotel and enjoyed the beautiful La Condesa Hotel. All the girls got in the hot tub and relaxed before we went to dinner at a place that was very small but food was very deliciuos. funny thing about dinner was there was two dogs in the restaurant very different from America. But it was enjoyable I cleared my plate needless to say,  arroz con pollo.. something I will have to get used to.. Tomorrow will be such an interesting day I get to meet my family that I am staying with. I know it will be such an adventure! I get to see a volcano for my first time so I will be sure to post pictures and post about how awesome that adventure is! Pura Vida. Costa Rica is making me want to live here.