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The 8th graders, including me, went to Manuel Antonio for the field trip, and we did a lot of fun stuff. It was awesome! I could tell you that it was the best field trip that I had ever been to.

It took us a long time to get Manuel Antonio; I don’t know exactly how long it took us, because we went to some place called Turubari. We had our breakfast there because we left from school at 6 in the morning; I had hard time waking up at 5. We rested a little bit after we had our breakfast. After that, we were divided into two groups. Some of my friends and I went to do canopy, and the others went to do something called superman. At first, I didn’t want to do canopy, because I was afraid of height. But once I tried it, I enjoyed canopy. It felt like I was riding on a rollercoaster. It went down fast and the breeze that touched my skin felt cool. It was perfect for a hot day. The last one was called “Twin Cable,” and it was the best. There were two different lines, and they could go down at the same time. Also, it was the longest. I saw most of my friends having a “competition” who could reach the stop first. It seemed fun, but I didn’t try to do it, because I was afraid of getting hurt from going too fast.

When we were done with the canopy and superman, we walked around the park to look at some plants and animals. I couldn’t even get near to the cages of iguanas and crocodiles, because I am terrified by the reptiles. We saw many different kinds of trees and flowers. Also, we went into a maze. I went it for three times and got lost completely every time.

We were on the bus for a couple of hours to get to Manuel Antonio. It was dark when we got to the hotel. We were swimming in the swimming pool, took a shower after, and wet to bed. It was the first day in Manuel Antonio.

On the second day, we woke up at 6 in the morning. We had a breakfast on our way to rafting. The bus trip was pretty long, and the road was terrible. I almost got a carsick. When we got to the rafting place, the guide was telling us about the things we should know before we went rafting. After his explanations, we started our “journey” on our boat. At first, I was afraid, because I don’t know how to swim. Also, the guide said there could be some crocodiles near the river. But since we had our life jacket on, I just jumped out of the boat. The temperature of the river was PERFECT. It was not cold at all, and it was cool enough. Rafting was the best part of this trip.

After rafting, we went to Manuel Antonio beach. It was cloudy, and raining a little bit, but it still seemed beautiful. I took tons of pictures with my friends, played in the water, and looked around the little open stores that had cool souvenirs. Everything seemed so peaceful there.

At night, after we had our dinner, we had a fashion show with our Lord of the Flies shirts. (Go to Ms. Rumford’s blog for detail: http://rumfordwriters.edublogs.org). I was excited to see who would be the winner of the fashion show, because everyone worked really hard on it in a short amount of time, and our shirts came out great, too. At the end, Brady, one of my friends, got the first place. We had a little bit of chilling time after the fashion show, and packed up a little bit.

On the last day at Manuel Antonio, we did community service for about an hour at the National Park and donated some rakes. We cleared the leaves that were on the path. After working very hard on it, we hung out at the beach. Fortunately, it was a sunny day unlikely the day before, so we enjoyed even more. But I got tanned too much from there that my mom thought I was another person.When we went back to the hotel, the first group was already there, waiting for us. It was a nightmare, because I was the last one to take the shower in our room, and there were four people. It took a long time to become my turn. I took a shower in about five minutes; I didn’t even have time to dry my hair, put my clothes on, and took my luggage to the bus.

It felt like the days at Manuel Antonio were long. I enjoyed the trip incredibly much. I don’t think I will ever be able to forget about this trip or have a trip that is even better than this one in my entire life.

This entry was posted on May 12, 2008 at 7:12 am and is filed under Uncategorized.

Tags: Canopy, Costa Rica, Field Trip, Manuel Antonio, Rafting, Turubari