Visiting Costa Rica by Laura Guzmán

Thanks to my job, I’ve had the opportunity to travel to some countries.  One of them is Costa Rica, which is known for Ecotourism which is extremely popular among the tourists that visit the extensive national parks and protected areas around the country.

I take all the trips with my boss Luis.  In these trips, we implement information systems in the group’s companies which we work for.  During the week, we work hard; but the weekends are completely free for us.

In our first travel to Costa Rica, we had two free weekends, then we decided to do Ecotourism, then we visited three National Parks where we could see three amazing volcanoes and one of them was in eruption.  It was a fascinating and unforgettable experience.

In our second trip to Costa Rica, we only had one weekend, but this time, we wanted to visit some beaches, during the week we were doing some inquiries, and after analyzing some options, we decided to visit Jacob Beach.  This beach is near to San José, the capital, is cheaper, clean and has a nice night life.  It had everything we were looking for.  The week before, we were planning our trip and we were looking for the cheapest way to go.  Going by bus was the best option that we found, since taking taxi is very expensive.

The next Saturday we couldn’t wait to get started.  We took our breakfast early in the Hotel and we were ready for our trip.  Before taking the bus that would take us to our destination, we went to the Supermarket that is next to the Hotel, and we bought things likes sunscreen, repellent, snacks and some beers.  Now, we were really ready for our great adventure.

Quickly we went out of the Supermarket and started walking to the bus station.  we had walked only a few meters when suddenly Luis fell into a manhole that had no cover.  Fortunately He could avoid falling completely into the huge hole with his arms.  But unfortunately his leg had a big cut and was bleeding profusely.

I ran to the Supermarket and I bought some first aid stuff and I applied it to the wound.  When He could walk, we returned to the Hotel and as the leg didn’t stop bleeding, we decided to go to the Hospital.  There Luis’ wound was stitched and four hours after we could return to the Hotel.

Unfortunately, we couldn’t visit a beach in Costa Rica, but we were fortunate, because the accident could have been worst.