Pacific Ocean

We went to Cocoa Beach and got to shop around in the market. I bought some handmade bracelets there for some of my friends back home, and Costa Rican coffee and cookies for my family. I kept noticing bowls of these colorful plastic looking balls, some were sparkly and pink, others had cartoons on them. I asked Carlos what they were, he laughed and said they're used for smoking pot. I was astonished! They were right out on display, and even looked child friendly! Another interesting thing about the bigger stores here is that you put your purse or bag in a locker before you're allowed to shop.

Then I had the opportunity to do something I've always dreamed of doing! Step foot in the Pacific Ocean!

The Pacific is very different than the Atlantic, or Gulf. There's more rocks, and the sand is darker.

Ziplining was awesome today! Standing on the shaky platforms was kind of nerve-wracking, especially as some of the boys tried to shake it to scare all the girls. But once I was zipping through the forest...Wow, I felt like a superhero, soaring through the canopy on a mission! There was this one point that I was higher than all the trees, and I could see the mountains below me... I felt like I was flying! I was trying to soak up every moment, and that's when I God took my breath away! This is what He can see everyday, He has a birdseye view of every country, town, forest and desert! Incredible!

I'm not ready to leave this country tomorrow, I've fallen in love with it. More importantly, I've fallen more in love with the Lord while I've been here.

Tomorrow we have to be in the bus by 5am. It will be a long day of traveling, 31 hours of traveling by bus, plane and car. Well, I suppose this is my last entry I will be writing here in Costa Rica- for awhile at least. If given the chance, I will come back here in a heartbeat. As I write this, I'm listening to frogs croack, birds chirp and monkeys howl outside my window. I'm going to miss this like crazy.