Today we continued our Costa Rican experience. We went together to Inbioparque, a park dedicated to biodiversity and nature. It was about a 45 minute bus ride from the school, and we spent the time talking, listening to music, and simply enjoying our time together. Finally we reached the park. We waited outside for a few minutes and eventually got our tickets and entered the park. We started at the gift shop, buying snacks and souvenirs before starting the tour. We made it thorough the forests slowly but surely, stopping often to take pictures of pretty flowers, exotic birds and even sloths. We went through the snake house despite the protests of some people and we saw different types of frogs that ranged from brightly colored and highly poisonous to the common tree frog. We raced each other through the labrinta (maze) and walked through El Jardin de Mariposas (garden of butterflies). We saw iguanas everywhere, most just hanging out soaking up the precious sunshine. Too soon we reached the end of the forest and the tour, but everyone was hungry and excited for lunch. We all sat down and ate and talked for a little while - some of us going to visit the other gift shop - until we noticed a playground behind the restaurant! We were very excited and eager to be the first on the see-saw, the monkey bars, the slide,or the swings. We ran from one to the other laughing, taking pictures and having a great time! Some of us even got an intense game of hackysack going. Eventually it was time to go. It had only just begun to sprinkle and we were all very happy that the rain had held off for so long. The ride back to school was short, but fun, and when we got back to St. Gregory we all went our separate ways,exhausted but excited after our spectacular day!
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