Last Wednesday I experienced my first earthquake ever! It was a really cool experience for me, but unfortuantely, it was not a cool experience coutry-wide. I was sitting in English class talking to my friends (in Spanish) when the ground started moving. I honestly didn´t notice until everyone started screaming because it didn´t start off too strongly, but it got much harder. Everyone started screaming and running for the door, so I got up and let everyone go through the door first so I wouldn´t get trampled. The entire school went to the soccer field. I was shocked to see so many people crying, and it made me feel bad about the smile that was plastered on my face. Note: Before coming to Costa Rica, I said that I hoped to experience an earthquake and have everything in my town be okay. Because of this, I truly enjoyed this experience, and I think many of the other exchange students did as well.
This past weekend, I went on a trip to Tortuguero. On Thursday, me and my friends took a bus to San Jose. We went to Starbucks and a huge mall in Escazu. These things made me so happy. Then that night we went to the hostel and met up with most of the exchange students that were going on the trip. Friday morning, we left the hostel at 5:30, and we left for Tortuguero. I had a lot of time to relax on the bus rides and on the trip as a whole so that was nice. Also, I saw a bunch of awesome animals like turtles, monkeys, sloths, a crocodile, an otter, and the type of lizard that walks on water (and yes, I did see it walk on water). I also did zip-lining. I had done it before, and I think it´s fun, but not that exciting; however, they had a tarzan swing type thing that was really fun. All in all, it was a good trip, and it was nice to see some other exchange students.
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