The Summer of My Life

I am a high school student in NC and my friend and I traveled with Projects Abroad for the past two summers. The first to Mexico, an amazing experience, and last summer to Costa Rica. Firstly, Costa Rica is the most incredibly beatiful, diverse place I have ever traveled to and the "ticos" (Costa Ricans) are all amazingly friendly and I completely and immediately fell in love with the place. I was in Projects Abroad's High School Special, which places only high school students from all different places around the world together. In the two weeks that I was there, I honestly got closer to these people than I am to some of my best friends. Also, the staff of Projects are all amazing. Luis and Andres were always there for any questions or to help with anything we needed, and Gunar was the funniest man I think I've ever met. At the day care, where we spent our first week, the kids were so fun and the owner was so sweet. At Barra Honda, the National Park where we spent our next week, we went on an at least 3 mile hike everyday. I also saw some of the most amazing things ever there, from huge groups of butterflies and tarantulas, to iguanas, bats and even one kinkajou. The landscape was beautiful, we were completely surrounded by enormous trees, calcium waterfalls, and the top of Barra Honda hill, which is basically only rock with an abundance of beautiful yellow, red, and purple bromeliads. Over all, this trip provided the most amazingly incredible summer that I have ever had. As soon as I got on the plane I was homesick for Costa Rica