I´m a monkey!
Trip Start
Nov 19, 2009
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Trip End
Dec 01, 2009
Manuel Antonio, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Well finally found a place with internet and I know I am really behind!!
Saturday 11/21
We started the day with breakfast at our hostel and was then picked up by our tour guides for Zip Lining or Canopy. Louis, Alan, and another guy I canīt remember his name. We picked up one other girl that was to come with us. We drove for about 30 mins to the jungle/rain forest for the fun to begin. As most of you know heights and me are not the best of friends, so this was pushing it for me. For those of yo who donīt know what zip lining is, it basically is you get put in a harnass and then there is a pully that attaches to wires from one tree to another in the jungle. I went first and it was a little scary cause you have one hand behind you that can break and help to keep you from twisting around. There were about 8 different lines and I have to say that the last two were my favorites they were fast and then a really really long one. It has to be one of the funniest things I have ever done. We finished up with some local lunch that was simple but so tasty!
The funny or dare I say scary thing was we were talking to people later about doing it and they did another tour company and they were connected differently than we were to the lines. We had the pulley that was on the wire and there safety harness clip was also attached to the pulley. The other people had the safety harness attached to the line in case the pully some how jumped off the line. When I heard that I was like wow.....didnīt even cross my mind...
We finished our day by heading to the beach. It was so nice and the ocean felt like bath water. We met Ray and his sister Mary (she actually lived in oak park, IL for a few years) and they put us out some chairs and umbrellas and my new favorite beer Imperial. We would soon be regulars for the next couple of days. We relaxed and ended the day with some dinner. We met two guys from Colerado. When I first saw them I told Denise, "They are family". Sure enough I was right, their names was Eric and Todd. They were nice and celebrating their 10 year anniversary. They asked if me and Denise were together and I just starting laughing....and I said no. We talked some more with them and then took the bus back and bought some beers down the street and then back to our room.
-Nathan
Comments
i am about to go down there... which zip line company did you use?