So...everyone who knows me knows I'm SUPER cautious and not really adventurous....but, when in Costa Rica...right? So, we went on a hike in the rainforest to the top of a mountain to see a BEAUTIFUL waterfall. The hike was fine...pretty strenuous...but fine. We got to a part where you needed to use a rope to scale the rock and get to the top where the water fall is. Well, everything in me told me not to do it...TO JUST STOP! But, everyone was at the top and I really really wanted to go....so I grabbed hold of the rope and pulled and maneuvered my way up to the waterfall. I slipped a few times, but nothing major. The waterfall was beautiful, but I knew now that I was at the top...I had to make my way back down. Keep in mind, this is the rainforest and it has already rained...the rocks are SUPER slipery and so is the "rope." As I started back down the side of the mountain the rope went slack, my footing slipped and I fell completely backwards! So imagine, I'm now perpendicular to the mountain! Everyone said I came soooo close to hitting my head my head on a rock! Luckily Donny was right there and literally caught me! Keep in mind he's standing on slippery rocks too...so I have no idea how he caught me or how we both didn't go into the river. It was all I heard about on the way back down the moutian. It honestly scared me to death. I can say without a doubt I will NEVER scale a mountain to see a waterfall ever again. I seriously almost killed myself.
As for the other parts of my day...I've been in classes ALL DAY long every day. IN the morning I take 3 hours of Spanish class, we take an hour for lunch, then we have classes the rest of the day on teaching TEFL until 6 p.m. everynight. Our host families expect us around 7 for dinner and by the time that's done, I do homework, call home, and go to bed.
Last night I went to my friend's house for dinner. We have "dinner" buddies and so we switch and go to each other's host family's homes for dinner. Last night I went to Rosalia's family's house. They have three kids and they are soooo cute!! We ate delicious food--rice and beans of course--salad and chicken. For dessert we had roz con leche. It's kind of like rice pudding...only not. We played dominoes with the kids and the parents and won once! It was so much fun :) I"m really starting to feel comfortable walking around Orosi. It's kind of amazing. I know I have more to write, but I'm trying to get home for dinner by 7 and I'm about 6 blocks away. Rosalia is coming to my family's house for dinner tonight--she speaks fluent Spanish so she'll be able to talk to my host family a lot more than I can!!!
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