Playa Conchal

Well we made it through another morning of Spanish lessons. We are all progressing. I can manage some Spanish slightly above basic. So at least when we are in a restaurant or need something (like our laundry done) we can more or less get the point across intelligently. The six years of Spanish that I took in high school and college is slowing creeping back from the abyss.

Today after class the school sponsored a trip to the lovely Playa Conchal. It is a beautiful white sand beach in a large cove. We were able to do some snorkeling and enjoyed the little bit of sun that was out. The water here is a great temperature and such a beautiful color.
The highlight of the outing, however, was the troop of howler monkeys that lounged all afternoon in the trees right behind us. There were about ten all together including very tiny baby that kept hanging upside down by its tail. A sad fact about the monkeys in Costa Rica is that 80% of all deaths are cased by electrical shock. The country is developing very fast. There are now electrical wires and roads that cut through the monkeys routes to the beach. Monkeys are regularly getting electrocuted as they try to swing on electrical wires to get across roads.

At the moment, we are doing our homework together at the kitchen table. When we are done we will walk down to the Heledaria for some ice cream. We are exhausted but in a good way. The last two days have been so great here and we are really getting into the groove of being in an exotic country. We are happy to know that we still have a week of surfing ahead of us.

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