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We woke up in the morning and had our final breakfast with our host family. We made our way to the meetup site and said goodbyes as we packed up and made our way to the next hotel to drop off our baggage and get keys to our rooms. After dropping off our bags we had time to have lunch at a restaurant. The food at the restaurant was really high quality, especially the fajitas which came in steaming pans. We took our departure from the restaurant to go to a small market near the beach where we had time to souvenir shop where we bought a variety of items from shirts to small instruments.
After buying souvenirs from the open air gift shops, we traveled to the nearby beach to take surfing lessons. We learned how to carry the surfboards and tied leashes to our feet to keep the surfboards from floating away. We learned how to mount the surfboards and the positioning of our bodies. We were then taught to paddle and stand up on our surfboards. Bending the knees was important for balance. We then went into the water to practice with the instructors and we were set off on our own to surf. After we finished surfing we drank water and ate pineapple and watermelon and bought snow cones and ice cream. We left the beach in the bus to travel to our hotel.
At the hotel we swam and played water games in the hotel’s pools. We ordered and ate dinner at the hotel which included items such as burgers, sandwiches and salads. We then wrote letters to ourselves to read in a few years when we come back to Costa Rica. We then left to our rooms which were very spacious and we were separated into groups of four people. There were small lizards in some of the rooms. After taking showers we went to sleep.