Costa Rica and home...

May 5, 2008
We left Costa Rica last night, Lindsay and I were so tired we passed out before 9:00 PM. Our two days spent there were filled with beach time, drinking and eating. We did a canopy adventure tour our first day. It was really fun! The zip lines were super long and the guides were funny. It was SO hot and SO humid, but zipping through the air was great! The trees and forestry weren't very green and flourishing, but it was still awesome. Mexican food came at the perfect time and I ate a ton of it. It was the perfect ending to a great semester.
As we got back on the ship and I swiped my card for the last time I had tears in my eyes. We are down to our last few days and I am not ready to leave. I don't think most of us are really. I believe that going home is going to be the biggest culture shock of them all. No one will ever understand all the experiences I went through except for these people I am with. This ship has become my home, a comfort to see at the end of the day. My roommate is a new sister that I never want to leave. We are a big, yet small, and connected community that wont ever be together again.
So I am on my way back and will see you all soon. We will make the trip through the Panama Canal and officially complete our circumnavigation around the world. I can't wait to share my adventures with you in more detail and show the hundreds of pictures that you wont want to see! And, you will all have to fill me in on the world at home that I wont recognize. Until then peace and blessings!