beach saturday + beach sunday = no sunburn

had a very successful weekend at the beach. :) after a marginally late night on friday (but not as late as last friday) i slept until about 11 on saturday and then caught the bus to the beach. lots of people were already there, even those who had been out later than me! so there was lots of lying around in the sun, some swimming, the more athletically inclined played volleyball and frisbee.

had a quiet night on saturday. went out for pizza at an italian place in town. it was actually really yummy pizza, nice light crust and fresh toppings. i only finished half of it so i took the rest home with me. sunday morning i packed up my leftover pizza in my bag and headed out for manuel antonio national park. met up with a couple others heading to the park on the bus.

i had been warned that when you get there the tide may or may not be up and you either have to wade through the water or pay some guy to give you a ride in a boat across. the tide was low, so we really only had to wade through a small stream to get to the park entrance. inside the park i was a little nervous about the sorts of wildlife we might encounter.... (i think you know what i'm getting at here) but there was no problems.

we did see some crazy raccoon kind of looking things (except they had really long tails), some iguanas (kind of creepy), a couple of monkeys, and a sloth. and besides the wildlife there were hiking trails and *stunning* beaches. basically what we did was hike for a bit. find a beach. go for a swim. sit on the beach for a while. have a snack. hike for a bit. find a beach..... :)

i had to do a little work last night for my first class today - which went okay. i was actually the first teacher of the first class today - which was not a big deal. i had a small class of 4 hair salon employees. my lesson was talking about time and making appointments. i think they were struggling a little in the beginning and i was trying to follow the "paradigm" lesson plan that we were supposed to use for our first class... so i think i could have been more helpful. but mostly i'm happy to have the first lesson done. i don't have to teach again until wednesday night so in the meantime i'm trying to get ahead on my lesson planning and observe some other classes.