We have spent many hours on the bus traveling from place to place, but between the down time, mostly spent catching up on sleep, we made a few really fun stops. We have stopped at Costa Rican grocery stores to pick up the necessary items including towels, shampoo, and of course cookies. This was our first encounter with the Costa Rican currency colones. We quickly learned that 500 colones equals one dollar. As we continued through the mountains and rainforest we stopped at a local fruit stand and got the chance to sample some delicious tropical fruits, my favorite was the passion fruit. As we neared the end of the trip it was time to buy ourselves,and our family members of course, some presents. We made a stop at a souvenir superstore that had anything we could have possibly wanted. And yes sorry parents most of the spending money you sent along with us got blown there! One last and unexpected stop we made was at a bridge, and you along with all of us may be wondering why we stopped here, but after we made our way half way acrosse we quickly found out. We were told to only bring our cameras, and when we looked down to the river banks below us it became very apparent way, there on the shore were about five very big crocodiles. We had already seen a few little ones in Pacuare but none that compared in size to these! So we may have spent endless hours in the bus everyday traveling to our next exciting adventure, but they were never spent without a very fun stopped filled with new, and sometimes expensive, things!
Discovery Trips 