Yesterday my class and I went to the Tempisque Safari Zoo in Nicoya. It's a two hour drive from Nosara. We got to ride through this big field in a buffalo cart. There were all kinds of animals such as ostriches, ginourmous crocodiles, turtles, parrots, tucans, all kinds of monkeys, boa constrictors, tapeers, and deer. I even got to hold a baby crocodile!
Last night my friend Maya had her birthday sleepover party which was reeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaally fun. Hannah, Maya, Selena and me stayed up all night! We literally never went to sleep. We watched a movie called stardust which is awesome. We took tons of crazy photos, made a girly fort, drank like 4 pints of soda, snuck around the house, and played truth or dare. In like an hour my friends from New York named Mei and Zoe are coming to visit and I can't wait.

Last week we went to a beach called Playa Ostional and we saw the mother turtles laying thier eggs in the sand. It was really amazing. We could actually see the eggs coming down. The day after that we went on a boat trip and we saw a bunch of turtles swimming. I went snorkeling and got to hold one. We also went on a zipline last week. It went all across the mountains and valleys. There were 13 lines in total. It was soooo fun! I've learned how to catch big green waves while surfing. I am okay, but when I paddle out, I have to do turtlle rolls and I really suck at those things. Yesterday we saw an armadillo from our porch and a woodpecker. The day before, we saw a kinkaju, which is a llittle tan animal that has a really cute face and a long tail. We also saw a possum. It was really scruffy. The other day, on the way to school, we saw a fox. It was reddish-tan and was pretty small. Last weekend, we went to a place in a different part of Costa Rica Called Monteverde in the mountains where there is a small touristy town and a bunch of hotels. We went on some really nice hikes. But I think we see more wildlllife from our porch than in Monteverde. We had guests that just left 30 minutes ago. They are friends from New York.

Love malaika