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April 3rd, 2016
Dreams Las Mareas
La Cruz, Costa Rica
Well I suppose now would be a good time to start writing my first blog entry for our Costa Rica trip!!! My parents are passed out in our room (which is amazing by the way) so I'm just sitting on the bike at the gym writing this out... The gym isn't very big... For those of you who actually care, there's two stationary bikes, an elliptical, 5 treadmills, free weights, a seated leg press machine, a lat pulldown machine, and a bench press machine. There's towels, refreshments, and-wait for it- AIR CONDITIONING! GLORIOUS AIR CONDITIONING! I mean, I don't want to complain about the heat already, but come on... 35 degrees and its not even 1 o'clock yet????
Anyway. Let's talk about our lovely journey here. Our flight took off at around 11:30 pm, and lasted 7 long hours. Have you ever been forced to stay awake because you can't feel your legs and your neck feels like it's going to snap off???? Well, it's not fun. My mom got lucky and stole the window seat so she was able to lean on the wall. I was in the middle of course since dad needs the leg room of the aisle. But I quickly noticed the two empty seats across from our row. I jumped over and took advantage of the free space! The only problem was that since it was right in front of the emergency exit, there was a huge gap between the second chair and the wall. This meant that when I laid down, my legs would hang off the end. SO uncomfortable!!! So I resorted to the next best option: The floor. Little did I know, the floor is much, MUCH colder than the rest of the aircraft... So there I was, curled up in a shivering pathetic ball trying to stay warm and for God's sake get some SLEEP. Yeah, not happening. Finally I found a decently comfy position laying on my side, facing the back of the chairs... With my entire butt hanging off the end of the chair. It must have looked hilarious because the guy sitting in front of me laughed when we landed and said, "was that comfy?" I looked at him for like three seconds and replied with.... "Um........ no." "How about the floor?" "Worse. Definitely worse."
Once we FINALLY got off the plane, it was like 6:10 am. And then guess what??? We had to take an hour and 45 minute bus ride from the airport to the resort! AND a little girl was throwing up behind me the entire time since the drive was so twisty and bumpy. For those of you who don't know, vomit and anything remotely related to vomit is terrifying. So that was not fun.
When we got to our resort, we had two hours to kill before we were allowed to check in to our rooms. Which was fine, it gave us some time to explore. And holy moly. There's a lot to explore! Apparently there's 19 pools... And I believe it! I got lost twice before even finding the beach! We had some lunch, got to our room, and got settled in. The room, like I said before, is pretty cool. There's a freaking JACUZZI on our balcony!!! When I went out to take pictures, I had a little guest- a WHITE FACED MONKEY!!!! OMG it was so adorable! Apparently that specific type of monkey is one of the top three most intelligent species on the planet. Can you guess the other two? Well, humans, (I beg to differ sometimes) and dolphins! So the top three smartest species on the planet are us, dolphins, and these white faced monkeys! But yeah-I still can't believe there was a MONKEY on our balcony! To greet us! I'm still kind of freaking out about that. It was so magical and iconic about Costa Rica.
But yeah! Now, my parents are probably still snoozing away and I'm 20 minutes into my cycling so I should probably get to the weights!!! I'll post more later after we get some more exploring done!
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Jessica Heintz I'm so freaking jealous! I would've freaked out about the monkey haha (in a good way though because monkeys are freaking cute) I'm glad you are in paradise and enjoy the hot weather! :) I'll be expecting you to be tan as s*** the next time i'm in Calgary! LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU TONS! You are my rock and my bae. No one can replace you and I hope you know that! Have fun on your vacation and I can't want to read more about it! <3