We really enjoyed meeting an interesting woman from Turkey, her name is Melei. Like many of the Swiss people we've met in our Spanish classes, she is taking several months off work to travel. (Why can't we get that kind of vacation in the US?) She's been all over South America, and is now spending a week in Costa Rica before going home. She speaks fluent Turkish, Spanish, English and German, and a little French and Italian. She is that engaging kind of person you want to talk to and get to know. It was so much fun sitting in the sun with her and learning about her travels. And she highly recommends visiting the Galapagos Islands, in case anyone is looking for an exotic new vacation destination...
I must say that snorkeling in this part of Costa Rica stinks. There is an estuary nearby which kicks up so much silt in the water that you can't see anything. That wasn't much fun. Go to Hawaii for snorkeling, or the Maldives (Mimi's recommendation) instead.
The catamaran cruise also included lots of really loud AC/DC and Bob Marley music, not quite sure why. We did get the chance to do a little salsa dancing on the cruise back. Too bad Americans are unable to move their hips the same way Central and South Americans can!
We were also the very conscientious students and practiced our Spanish with the Captain and crew of the catamaran while on the tour. Mimi was much more diligent about sticking with her Spanish, I gave up after the "Hello" and "How are you?" parts. But I must admit I can understand a decent amount of Spanish, but it's hard work. Harder than I thought it would be!
I have 3 more days left in Costa Rica, and hope to learn a little more Spanish, check out another beach north of here, take a guided boat tour up the estuary to see some animals, then visit a real-live volcano on Saturday. Lots of fantastic adventures ahead!
(I hope to post photos tomorrow)
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