Last few days in Costa Rica

This morning's zip-line tour through the rain forest was an excellent conclusion to the first chapter of my trip. It was refreshing to get a new perspective of the terrain, this time from the vantage point of where monkeys and birds normally sit perched high above the forest floor. My tour included 11 different ziplines, the highest of which was at an elevation of more than 1,500 meters and the longest individual cable was more than 700 meters! Some of the cables went through a natural tunnel created by vines, branches and large leaves. I can only compare the thrill to that felt when skydiving. Right now, a couple hours removed from the excitement, I'm feeling exhausted from the morning's adrenaline rush.

In further news, I'm washing my clothes for the first time in 10 days and might even take a nap. Still debating whether or not to take a "twi-light frog walk." I've met some fun girls from Hamburg, Germany and we're planning on cooking a big dinner at the hostel tonight. Tomorrow I have a 5-hour bus ride to the airport in San Jose.

As promised before, here are some pictures in chronological order during my stay in Costa Rica:

The beaches of Puerto Viejo:



Blue morphos butterfly:



Playa Grande where I learned to surf: