Day 6

Blog Day 6
Wow an action packed day. The group met after their homestay breakfast at Linda Vista School for a last quick clean up all 15 with rakes and brushes in hand to clear the newly cut grass from the fields or sweep the paths after we had rebuilt and built the flower beds. On to Chilamate Eco Lodge our base for the day where we dumped our gear and headed to the Zip Lines. Wow was this fun! Papa Zuke as he is apt to do, lead the way by testing that the line would be safe for all who followed. Girly showed no fear of heights and Kitty was helped up a high standing pylon only once so we zipped and holler the morning away, AmigoCarlos and Jazm proving to be the true monkeys of our tribe with their familiarity on the zip line. A quick lunch at Chilamate Lodge where Sarah and Jazm entertained with their ANCHOR the lunch break interrupted by an earthquake, it seems they get 30 to 40 ground shakers per year and this one had us all looking at each other, Runner stating the “the earth moved under my feet” not the Carly Simon song number, then it was up river by bus where we met our guides for rafting. Yes we were going rafting on the level 1, 2, 3 white water part of the river and after last night’s rains the river was flowing, and tumbling nicely, or so said our "driver". The group separated quickly as instructed, we are getting good at following instructions even for teachers, into three groups for the 6 person rafts. What a blast as we first were soaked by our raft leaders; they did inform us we would all get wet, even though Paul thought otherwise. The next two hours we travelled the 15 km over some nasty rollers and choppy areas, swimming voluntary at our break and getting dumped at other times – eh Paul, as we made our way back to the Chilamate area. Lesley and Sarah were true voyageurs down the Rio Sarapiqui and experienced the true effervescence of the river’s cascading walls of water filling their boat at every turn. . Quote of the day from Jazm as she was using her waterproof camera in the raft, “I tried to shoot the birds but I shot your nose”. The words directed at Amigo Carlos . Great trip both challenging, fun and if you wanted physically tiring. We finished the day at Chilamate lodge for a rundown of the day’s events and meeting with Ross the director of WLS. Then back to our Homestays, tired but elated after a long but exciting day.