Beach Day

The most important thing to pack when you travel with a group is flexibility, and we found that to be especially true today. One of our buses wouldn't start this morning, so we ended up putting all the kids and chaperones on one bus (every seat was filled) and our problem-solving tour guides got a large van to transport all the other adults. We started our day with a trip to Manuel Antonio National Park where we took a nature hike and saw sloths, white-faced monkeys, iguanas, howler monkeys, racoons and several species of birds. Then we went to a beach inside the park. We ate lunch, played on the beach a few minutes, and then decided the surf was too big for us to stay and play in the waves. We came back to our hotel and went to the beach connected to the resort. It was much calmer and we had a wonderful time playing on the beach and in the waves. We had dinner at the resort and then had a dance with another school group in the resort's in disco. A great end to a great day.

Trying to jump-start bus #2. (It didn't work. It needed a new starter.)

Dillon McGrath spotting a sloth in Manuel Antonio National Park.

One of the beaches in the National Park.

Ready for a swim!

Madi Harner and a many-legged friend on her arm.

A three-toed sloth posed for us in the Park.

Swimming in the warm water at the beach at our hotel.

Wes Jackman waiting for the surf to come to him.

Hope Collins and Nikki Sarti enjoy the warm Pacific Ocean.

More fun in the waves.

Jumping the waves was a favorite ocean activity.

Our dance party at the disco by the beach.

When the dance was too hot, this group played a game of "Curses" by the pool.

David Fowler shows off his moves at the disco.

Hannah Moty danced the night away with her friends.