Tristan's Costa Rican blog

Tristan’s blog for Costa Rica

In this blog as you know we went to Costa Rica in Central America. My most favorite things would have to be horseback riding on the outskirts of an ACTIVE VOLCANO (yes I had to use caps lock), and seeing white faced Capuchin monkeys. First of I want to thank the staff for giving us so much freedom on this expedition! Thank you staff!!!!!! So on that note let me talk about horseback riding first. So this was my first time horseback riding ever. I enjoy being around animals very much . Anyway, my horse’s name was purple in Spanish. Honestly I forgot how to say my horse’s name in Spanish. So I’m supposed to hop on this thing that is like 100% muscle?  I hop on my horse and I felt the horse relax,  and I knew that I was in for a treat. Then I see this dude come out on this white horse. His name is Victor and he is the one who leads the horseback trips. He led us up and down hills, vales, and even across a couple streams. I loved my horse. My horse would follow any thing I told my horse to do. Even if she was a little nervous on going on a small path, I whispered it’s ok to my horse and she seemed to listen and acknowledge what I said; and that made me feel safe and happy at the same time. When we got to the stable I felt sad to leave my horse; but she would see other people.

So know lets have some monkey talk! This whole expedition I would run around saying ?Donde esta los monos? Which translate to “Where are the monkeys?” So you can tell I was looking forward to see wild, little, white faced monkeys. When I saw them, I looked like a little boy in a candy store. I was amazed that they were so close to us humans. I took a crap ton of photos and I will hopefully I can post them along with my blog!

Thank you every one who has helped me through tough times and who stood by my side when I needed someone, especially my mom!!!!