It was a 4 hour trek to the resort, which started at 6 am on Thursday. We stuffed ourselves in a bus that was crammed with luggage and our whole group. 2 hours later, we were in Puntarenas and caught the ferry to Tambor Island. It was another hour drive to the resort itself. We pulled up to the main gates (yes, there were GATES!) and i was pretty sure that I had died and gone to heaven. We worked our way past security and to the main desk where we checked into the ALL INCLUSIVE resort. There was nothing this place didn´t have, snack bars, bars, food, pools and a whole lotta sun!! We spent Thursday and Friday and this morning in the pool. In fact, there is a good chance that my skin is permanently wrinkled from the water. The food was an all you can eat buffet and I think that I ate all I could eat. There was an ice cream bar, which is like, the most amazing thing EVERRR. We spent most of Thursday and Friday afternoon playing water volleyball while the mornings were spent laying on top of the waterfall and catching some rays. Everything was simply beautiful there, we had a bright blue pool surrounded by palm trees with a backdrop of the endless ocean, it was simply perfect.
Thursday night we sat on the beach and watched the waves roll in and the heat lighting as it lit up the sky. Friday night, we all spent at the discoteca (spanish for night club, there was no disco music!!). That was so much fun but I am pretty sure that we all made fools of ourselves... This morning we had to take one last dip in the pool and enjoy our last trips to the free snack bar and bar.
It was hard to leave today, especially hard to leave the air conditioning and hot showers!! We made it back just fine and now we have to go back to the reality of school on monday.
PURA VIDA!
