My weekend at Volcan Arenal and Monteverde

This weekend i went on an excursion with a group from school. First we went to Volcan Arenal which is an active volcano. It had smoke coming out of it! so cool! on friday we drove 4 hours in a van to the volcano and went to the hot springs. the hot springs were not like i expected. it was like a resort with pools everywhere and there were 3 water slides like at raging waters! it was so amazing and so fun! we stayed there for about 2 hours and then went to the hotel. the next day we went to a water hole with 2 waterfalls and there was a rope swing. we swam, went under the waterfall (so cool) and jumped in the water from the rope swing. there were leaf cutting ants there, you know the ones you see on the discovery channel. it was so cool! then we went on a walk through the rainforest and ending up at the base of the volcano. it was beautful! there was a huge valley with green trees and lava rock. then we went on a boat ride across the lake there to Monteverde. Monteverde is a small town, cold (about 67 degrees) with lots of tourists. ha! Then next day, sunday, we did the canopy tours with the zip line. it was absolutely AMAZING!! and so incredible! we would be high up in the air over this valley and you could see for miles. it was so green and so beautiful! i am trying to take in all of Gods beautiful creation. its unbelievabe! we did 40 zip lines, we repelled and did a tarzan swing which we were on a plateform and we basically stepped off a 50 foot drop and then swang on a rope! it was amazing!!!!!! : ) after that we headed back to samara for a 4 hour ride in the van again.
it was an awesome weekend but i missed the beach and i was ready to come back to samara. i missed it here and i missed my room. its starting to feel like home here : )