Our final day of Semana Santa was Wednesday of last week. Our adventure of the day was an excursion with the Selvatura Tour Company. The company picked us up from our bed & breakfast around 8:30 and drove us into the depths of the rainforest. It was sunny with blue skies at our hotel but cloudy and raining within a few minutes as we reached the forest. All you could see in every direction was green life. Trees, vines, ferns, leaves, bushes, etc. All green.
We started the morning with ziplining! One of the all-time favorite activities to do in Costa Rica. We were strapped up to a (very thick) wire (trust me, I checked it over!) and sent sailing through the top canopy part of the Monteverde Cloud Forest. There were 15 different cables and one trip was as long as 1 kilometer! Multiple times the clouds were so thick that we couldn't see the end of the cable as we were sailing into it! (This became a little bit of a problem with my glasses as the water droplets filled it up, but I could still see enough for it to be fabulous!)
The following pictures are some snapshots into the adventure. The first two Kristen snapped of me as I was landing. The last one I took of someone else on the zipline as we were exploring the rainforest, but it shows the the extreme height of the cables! Quite the exciting adventure!!
After we finished the 15 cables, they had an optional extreme Tarzan swing. Do you think I'd say 'no?' Of course not! I have to tell you a secret though...it was a little scary!! The worst part was the beginning because it started with a a total free fall before the ropes caught you and pulled you to out to the swing. That big tree on the right is the one supporting the swing. I was praying for it to continue being strong while I was swinging on it! The picture below is me swinging out yelling my best "Tarzan" yell and the video after that (if it works) is one I took of Kristen. If you listen closely at the beginning, you'll hear her yell "Are you serious!?"
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