I can´t believe that my trip has gone by so fast! There were times when I felt like I had forever here! There is no doubt about it though; I have had an amazing time....I´ve seen SO much and I think I got pretty tan! ;o) So on Thursday (my last post) I went to the grocery store and got food and came back to my hotel (and YES, it rained on me the whole way home! lol). At my hotel I met 2 women from Denver (Allison and Lindsey) and 1 from Dallas (Sarah Kate) and we ended up cooking dinner together and hanging out. Turns out they hadn´t been to the Manuel Antonio park either so we decided to go together on Friday.
Friday was AMAZING! We all had breakfast together at our B&B and then headed out to the park.The bus to the park cost 200 colones (about 17 cents!). The park itself was a little more expensive- $10.....but as soon as we got into the park we saw a SLOTH!!!!! I was sooooo excited!!!! That has been the only animal that I haven´t seen that I really, REALLY wanted to see! I took some pictures but he looks really small in the pic.....but I swear he was pretty darn close! We continued on along the trail and saw some lizards and butterflies. We ended up at Manuel Antonio beach....so beautiful! Just like a tropical paradise!
White sand, blue/teal water, palm trees, jungle right up along the water and beautiful rocky cliffs jutting out. *sigh* we changed into our suits and hung out there for a couple hours.....we went swimming and just lounged around reading and napping. 
Went we woke up from our nap we noticed TONS of hermit crabs crawling around! IT was funny because we had noticed them before but once we did we saw them everywhere! After a couple hours some dark clouds started to roll in so we decided to head back to town.....when we went to go change out of our suits we saw MORE monkeys! I´m not sure what kind but they are the small ones you see with Aladdin! 
They were everywhere and they were NOT shy! I got some great pics! Anyway, good thing we headed out of the park when we did.... As soon as we got on the main street the rain came pouring down! To get out of the rain the girls went to check their e-mail and I had a yummy refreshing scoop of mango gellato! :o)
We hadn´t eaten since breakfast so we all headed to El Avion.....a restaurant built around a huge plane! Inside the plane was the bar!
We found a good spot on the second floor to watch the sunset and have dinner. Almost all of us ordered the special: dinner salad, mahi-mahi with a spicy tomoato sauce with shrimp, veggies and mashed potatoes and a glass of wine....yummy! Unfortunately one of the girls wasn´t feeling well (she´d been sick for a couple days) so we decided to head back home right after dinner.
So, you´re probably wondering what am I doing my last few days in Costa Rica....so let me tell you! :o) Today I got up and came to Quepos to mail my postcards and check out Quepos. I´m gonna hang out here for a bit and then I´m heading back to downtown Manuel Antonio....I´m gonna check out the shops and maybe lounge around on the beach :o) Tomorrow I´m gonna head to Alajuela....it´ll take about 4-5 hours. THEN on my last full day in Costa Rica, Monday, I´m gonna get up super early and head to Volcan Poas.....and that´s pretty much it for my plans! Tuesday morning I´ll be on a plane at 6:30am heading home!
It´s def been fun and an adventure! See you soon if I don´t get a chance to get online again....I think I will but you never know! ;o)
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