Our family came to visit us the first weekend of March!! It was so refreshing and made for an amazing weekend!
Our parents came on Thursday so we checked out downtown that evening instead of going to class. Shivani forgot to bring sneakers...crazy girl wore her uggs to Costa Rica haha. So we got her sneakers and got some souvenirs. Then we had Pizza Hut for dinner, which hit the spot.
Friday we woke up at the crack of dawn and left for Rio Celeste! We had an amazing tour guide and driver that stopped at fruit stands where we could fill up on fresh pineapples and lychee. We also got ice cold coconut water and when we finished the vender opened the coconut for us to eat the inside. Out parents just loved the fruits.
Rio Celeste was beautiful! We had to hike for an hour and a half to get there but it was well worth it!
After that we went to Liberia to spend the night. The town was beautiful with lots of Spanish influence. There was a festival going on when we went which was really cute. There was live music, lights, decorations, and street vendors.
On Saturday we had breakfast and left to go see the volcano Rincon de la Vieja. That was very unique. We were in the rainforest one second and the next we were in barren land because of the volcanic activity. All the trees were bare and you could feel the heat coming out of the ground. There was bubbling mud and sulfur hot spots.
After that we came back to San Jose and said our good byes on Sunday. It was one of our favorite weekends in Costa Rica.
