Sat at Arienal

When I woke up it was about 610 am and I was ready to get my day going! The night before was fun but we couldnt see anything. When I walked outside I was amazed to see a huge volcano right outside of my hotel room. The top was covered but the front desk said it would clear up later. Ricardo and I got ready to go, ate breakfast at the hotel, then left for the front desk to wait for our ride. At 7 am the car micro bus came and we were off to do the canopy tour. When we got there we had to put on harnesses around our waist and then a leather glove thing to keep you from losing control while your zip lining. We drove for about 5 min and then arrived at the top of this huge hill. We all got out and the tour guide started to tell everyone what ant what not to do while your zip lining. It was in spanish so of course I didnt understand it so I pretended to and hoped we wasnt saying anything to important. I think the only thing that I got out of his speech was at the end when he said buenos suerte lol and after that he put the first person on and sent them off. I wasnt scared because I didnt really know what to expect. I was last in line because if there was anything I missed in the little speech he made, I wanted to catch it by watching how the other people zip lined. Now it was my turn and I felt pretty confident on what to do. I pulled myself on to the wire and held myself up while one of the guides clipped me in. He said tuck your legs in and lean back, I did then he let go! Before I knew it I was flying through the rain forest and it was so cool to be above the trees. I wasnt scared because when you that high up I guess you just dont get scared anymore. When I was reaching the end of the first course, the guide at the end was yelling at my to slow down. So I used my leather glove thing and put it on top of the wire and pressed down. I did it just in time to come to a safe stop. The guide said muy bien, uncliped me, then told me to walk to the next course. There where 9 courses all to gather and they zig zaged down to the bottom of the mountain. The guides were funny from what I could comprehend. For example, one lady asked what the red helmets were for and why did we have to wear them. The guide said it will be easyier to find you when you fall on this next course. Another time on the 6 course, The guide told us before we went on it not to break at the end. I went and at the end there was a stopper that brought you to a complete stop and made you swing forward because it worked so well. So I got off and the next girl was coming to the end and the guide started yelling to her that the stopper was broken and right when she was coming in he jumped out of the way and yelled POR DIOS!!! It was a huge joke but it was really funny to watch. The whole time the guides messed with us and it was great. The best part for me was the 7th course. We had the option of going upside down, so I did and it was the wierdest feeling ever! As your speeding through the forest everything looks different upside down and all the blood is rushing to your head at the same time. We came to the end and then went to the cliff that we were going to go down. It was so high up and this is when my knees were starting to give. I was freaking out inside but didnt make it obvious. It came to my turn and the guide got me all set up. He said go when your ready, I started leaning out with my back going out in to air. I started letting my self down just like they showed us. I pushed off with my feet, let go of some rope, then landed back on the cliff, pushed off again and kept the rythem going until I reached the bottom. That was scary but fun at the same time. After that we went to our last activity, horse back riding. That was horrible. It was a huge let down for me. I thought we were going to go on a huge ride but it only lasted for 10min until we got back to the building were we started the whole canopy tour. We went back to the hotel, swam alot more, went to dinner, then went to bed!