Today was a national holiday here in Costa Rica. Over the past week thousands of people from across the country made a pilgrimage to Cartago, the old capitol of Costa Rica. Their the masses gather at a Basilica to celebrate La Negrita, the little black virgin. The main event actually occurred last night as people entered Cartago walking on their knees and into the Basilica. Today is the official holiday and everyone rests and parties after the long night. Although I did not make the walk to Cartago I still had a fantastic holiday.
This morning I woke up at 6am for an exciting adventure. 8 students from Veritas along with 3 adults from Europe piled into a van and drove about two hours to San Luis in Alajuela Province. It was a thrilling day! We began our trek with some easy lines. One has to remember when Zip Lining to keep your knees up. The first few lines were very slow because they were so short. After 4 lines we came to the Tarzan Swing! This thing was amazing. A long rope was ready to carry you over a cliff to look out onto the rainforest. I was a little nervous to do it because everyone before me screamed a ton and said it was scary. It takes two guys to get you ready to go but once they let you go the feeling is amazing. You feel free as you swing over the trees and get a beautiful view of the valley below.
We continued our tour through many other zip lines. They were all longer than the first few and the crew really tried to make the experience fun. On one line they employees would shake the rope while you were riding across which turned out to be a cool bumpy ride. Finally, we came to the Big Daddy of the canopy tour, the Superman! This was like all the other lines expect for two things, first it was the highest and longest of all the lines and second you were strapped into a sack on your stomach so you could "fly" like superman. It was really neat! The view was absolutely gorgeous! Today was such a neat experience and I know I will go again someday.
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