La Paz is such a beautiful place full of tons of animals and great natural scenery. We began our tour looking at birds such as toucans and hummingbirds. They were so beautiful and at times, too close for comfort!! We then learned about a lot of the plants that grow in Costa Rica and made our way towards the monkeys. From there, we saw butterflies, frogs, snakes, flowers, and big cats (jaguars, panthers, and pumas). We then stopped along the way for a bite to eat before continuing on our journey to the waterfalls. I was amazed at the beauty of the waterfalls and we were able to get very close to them and take lots of pictures! It rained a bit while we were looking at the waterfalls but nothing that a rain jacket or poncho couldn't take! The scariest part of today was our bus ride back from the waterfalls. We took a bus that drove right along the edge of a cliff and we were literally about 2 feet away from the edge going very fast! We ate dinner at a local pizza place which was delicious and now we are back at the hotel packing up to leave for tomorrow!
Today was more of a tourist day where we were just able to enjoy the scenery and we didn't have to use a lot of spanish to get around. It was nice to have a break from constantly translating everything in spanish to english because I know tomorrow will be a lot of spanish! Tomorrow we are heading to a volcano in the morning before getting to the school where we will be taking our spanish classes and our spanish placement test. Tomorrow evening we are also meeting our host families and they will take us from the school home with them for the week! I am very excited and nervous at the same time to meet them! I am curious to see how far my spanish will get my in my conversations with them! Pura Vida!
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