Boat Day

Today we started our day with a very delicious breakfast consisting of One-Eyed Jacks, Randy’s special breakfast potatoes, fresh fruit, and coffee.  We then had to leave the lodge earlier than usual to make it to the boat dock by 8:45 AM.  When we walked on the broken and dangerous dock, we realized that the tide was so low.  It was so low that the docked boats were literally sitting on sand with no water underneath.  As we were walking on this extremely rickety bridge,Captain Morgan, the best captain in all of Costa Rica, was informing us students that in the morning the tide is so low, but by the time we return to this amazing area the tide will be so high we will not be able to walk on the sand.  

Not too long after we got on the boat we headed for the green screen looking lands across the beautiful blue-green ocean.  Everyone was so anxious the have fun under the sun, although we were pasteurized about every 5 minutes to reapply our lotion!  We were all having a splashful time in the burring and raging sun!  There were more than about 300 dolphins at one time right in front of our bulging eyes.  How majestic!  As we watched the dolphins glide through glistening water, we took photos of the great mountainous views we could see from the boat.  It was then time to gear up for our adventure in the water.  We needed snorkel masks and life vests.  Some of us were nervous about getting stung by the stray tentacles of jellyfish, but we all sucked it up and jumped in the water.  Annie felt a little motion sickness, so she stayed on the boat.  Jumping into the warm, blueish-green water, was an experience that everyone enjoyed.  We put our mouthpiece in, we saw schools of fish, eels, and coral.  It was a little foggy because last night we experienced a torrential down pour that fogged up the clear blue ocean.  Many of us also experienced the feeling of getting stung by tentacles.  The feeling was not too bad, only slight sting for a bit and the feeling goes away.  When we were finished with snorkeling, we jumped in the boat to eat our PB & J lunches.  Our boat then went into Mangrove Trees that were growing in salt water with their very long roots.  We finally got back to the dock where we hoped into the van and flew back to Peurto Jimemez. We went to cool off with delicious refrescos before we shopped until we dropped.  Everyone was having a ball!  We finally had a fabulous dinner of pizza on the beach before we hit the lights for bed.  Miss everyone at home! lots of love!

Jombo, 

Alejandra Britt and Curly Murray