A day at the beach

Today we went to Jaco. It’s not the prettiest beach in Costa Rica, but it is the closest. We left to catch the bus into San Jose around 7. After a local bus ride and a 15 minute walk across town we made it to the bus station to buy our tickets. We got there about 5 minutes later than we should have, since there were only 3 seats left on the 9am bus. So, we took 3 tickets for seats, and 3 standing tickets (which aren’t even discounted), and waited some more to get on the bus. We had 3 seats in a row across the back of the bus and managed to squeeze 4 of us onto them for most of the ride. The other 2 took turns sitting on the floor and standing. It was supposed to take about 2 hours, but traffic was horrible in the city, and it took us closer to 3 before we got to the beach. It was so worth it though. The water was warm, the waves were fun without being fierce, and the day was warm but somewhat overcast so I didn’t completely fry.

While we were there we met up with 2 other DTS students who left on the 7am bus, and then with another group of YWAMers who did the children at risk school in San Jose and are doing their outreach in Jaco now. Actually, it’s really cool because they spent the first 3 months of their school outreach in Colombia at Formando Vidas, which is where I’m planning to be in January, so it was good to hear a bit about their experiences. They loved it there.

We enjoyed the waves and the weather and hanging out together on the beach, then went back to where they are staying. It’s actually a Christian Surfer’s organization that works on building relationships in the community and reaching out to surfers. We had dinner together, and then headed back on the 6 o’clock bus. Now we’re all tired, happy, and a bit pinker than we were this morning.