Playa Hermosa -- Guanacaste

Ceramics being painted right in front of us in Guaytil

Making a vase

Cafe!

Trying to get some pictures of the town of Santa Cruz, Guanacaste. Almost every bar has the Imperial banner, as it is the national beer. Although we haven't officially covered that in class yet

Pali is a grocery store, the equivalent of our Family Fare. They're everywhere

This is the oldest church in CR, in Santa Cruz, called the Iglesia Colonial de Nicoya, from the 1500's.

It has a distinct Arabic influence, because at the time there was Arabic influence in Spain, and when Columbus came to CR in 1502, a lot of the arquitectura received this type of influence

CUTE!!!!

Our incredible hotel room

We have a little glass bowl! Only swanky hotels have pointless little glass bowls!

Our view

If the bugs hadn't been so bad this would have been lovely

Look! That's a banana boat in the water!

We went snorkeling right straight out off the side of this cove. There is a big rock jutting out of the water called Roca Cara Mono, because it looks just like a monkey head! It should be called Roca Cabeza Mono, but oh well.

I know it's hard to look past my muscle, but try and find those swollen red marks! This is because I got stung by a jelly! Well, technically just the legs of the jelly fish. My profe told me it is the "hilo de oro" or "gold threads". I'm not exactly sure, but it has to be the stingy things on the jelly, that fall off, float around in the water, and bump into people causing the sting marks. I wish I could have gotten a better photo, because you could see the imprints where the threads fell onto my arm. It was pretty cool! Painful, but cool.