Day 2: First official day

Day 2

→ Woke up early to the sound of raindrops and feeling a little cold. Shower was very warm and the view from my room is indescribable. Crazy how the weather went from rainy to sunny in a few hours and a beautiful rainbow appeared.

→ Tico breakfast consisted of gallo pinto which is rice with red beans and cilantro, cheese, scramble eggs and toast. The juice for the morning was melon.

→ Went to a place called Libano which is an old gold mine town to see the waterfalls and a hike in the rainforest. Very nice but painful.

→ Headed back to the hotel for lunch which consisted of white rice, chicken, salad and red beans.

→ First class on Electricity and efficiency, we had many great discussions and future aspirations were inspired.

→ Got a ride with a guy, who is staying at the hotel and is friends with JP the owner of the hotel, to the newer Wind farm to see if we could catch the sunset (very beautiful!)

→ Dinner consisted of a delicious stew, white rice and and a salad. We had dessert which was to die for, round slice of pineapple with ice cream on the top and then a sweet sauce covering it which was homemade (orange, lime and sugar).

→ Had a coffee discussion on many things dealing with energy consumption and energy produced and then ended the night with a nice dance workout.

So far I am having so much fun while I learn things that make me happy!

Pura Vida,

Jessica

This was the view from my room, beautiful scenery to wake up to....
So many different native plants...
Lake Arenal infront of the room too...
After eating breakfast we noticed a rainbow, I have never seen vivid colors on a rainbow until this day!
On our way to the waterfalls...cow traffic!
Finally the waterfalls after the hike this was the first picture I took, had to catch my breath!
Representing TEXAS, Britney from Denton-Ankur from Sugarland-me...
The guys having a blast jumping into the water...

Finally made it down to get full pictures of the waterfall...BEAUTIFUL!

So this man Luis, crazy insane person, teased me that I could not cross to the other side by walking on a tree branch over rocks and water...proved him wrong!
These are the interesting things we did to look at the old gold mine cave, crossing over slippery rocks!
Ended the day by checking out the turbines.....

The sunset was not one I was expecting but the view of the turbines was great!