Manuel Antonio

Hola chicos and chicas
today was a stressfull day, very hot weather, 7 gurney children resulted in them all crying at the one point I was left alone with them, muchos stress! One was punching another, two were having tantrums, one ran away and one was just joining in i think. The only child not crying was Reading a book and looking at me with contempt in my failure. Definately rethinking being a parent! Anyhoo I exercised my stress away by going to a zumba class, a Latino aerobics; think sean Paul, regatone And lunges! Soo much fun- you'd love this maddi!
So this weekend 7 of us went to manuel Antonio beach on the west coast, a six hour journey from where I'm staying. We stayed in a hostel by the beach which was beautiful scenery and there were hammocks and a outdoor cocktail bar, not bad!
We spent the first day by the beach and tried to avoid getting burnt. Which I didn't quite manage. In the evening we chilled in the hammocks with a quepos breeze, my new favourite drink. Some went out clubbing but I just lay about- perfect after my first week.
On the Sunday we went to the national park and saw monkeys, sloths, and giant lizards! It was a trail through a dense Forrest and there were animals amongst the trees. The paths all led to a breathtaking beach, unbelievably beautiful. And there were monkeys all by the trees in the beach just sleeping in the branches, it was magical.
Tomorrow I am going on a hike up the arenal volanco, I hope I see some lava!
Love to you all, miss you all so much xxx