Day 10: Faster Rapids, Exotic Fruits, and Awards!

Hey all its Raynah your blogger of the day, here to report about our last day in Costa Rica. Our morning started with crossing the last stretch of rapids to get back to land. From falling through floorboards and out of boats it was an adventurous and fun time. But don’t worry our amazing guides and Tom made sure everyone made it through safely and got to land where we met up with our favorite driver Ivan. From there we drove about an hour or so to a fruit stand where we tried some delicious and special fruits.








 After we were done with that we drove about another hour or so to our hotel. From there we went to the central park of San Jose where we had our last reflection with everyone and sang our great tour guide Luigi a remix of “Hey Soul Sister” all about him. The day ended with us going to a diner-themed Soda (family owned restaurant) for dinner and a award ceremony, recapping all the great things each of us achieved in Costa Rica. Only one more night before we venture back home to Connecticut! 

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