What an exciting end to our final day
at Finca la Anita!
All of the students spent their morning
finishing up the presentations. We all definitely felt the stress of
the looming deadline. It almost felt like being in school again!
However, we were all proud of our work by the end of the day.
The first year students practiced
giving their presentations before lunch. Even though the critiques
were a challenge, everybody was looking forward to the tourist event
of the day- swimming in the natural hot springs of la Ricon de la
Vieja!
Our method of transportation to
Sensoria was a caravan of taxis. The most rugged trucks you will ever
find in the taxi service! On the way to the hot springs, a bridge was
out of commission due to the rain, so we detoured by driving through
the stream instead. However, on the return adventure, we decided to
all walked across the bridge and kept driving once the car was on the
other side.
After the adventurous ride to the
trail, we began the hike to the springs. The hike started out on a
high note with our first stop which was a waterfall inside of a
canyon! To get to the waterfall, we had to endure wading through a
rocky river bottom. The experience was definitely worth the tender
feet! The thrill of jumping through the waterfall would be hard to
beat. The next stop was a cold spring. Once we approached the
spring, everybody was amazed at the brilliant blue water. The water,
however, reminded us all of home and plunging into the cold lake
water! We spent our time at the cold spring splashing around and
jumping off of rocks into the water. On our hike back we stopped at
the hot springs. The water that flowed into the hot springs came
directly from the volcano, Rincon de la Vieja. The hot springs
concluded our hike before we returned to Finca for dinner and to make
final preparations for our presentations.
After our final dinner at Finca, each
group gave a fifteen minute presentation to their peers, mentors,
chaperons and Ana and Pablo. All of the presentations were well done
and showed the hard work we have been doing the past week. It was a
nice way to end our stay at Finca la Anita.
Tomorrow, we are off to Horizontes
where we will stay near the beach and learn about the dry rain
forest.
-Brynn and Lindsey
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