☁⛅☁Got my head in the clouds ☁⛅☁
Today we almost died driving up the side of a mountain in a big bus on a gravel road all the way up to Monteverde. We are staying in bungalows with no air conditioning tonight. I'll be sleeping in a bunk bed. I'm actually pretty excited to have this "one with nature" type of experience. When we got here, we were able to settle down and learn about the campus we are staying on. This campus studies the rainforest and natural ways to protect it. One of the interesting things I found out it that they use a "sewer system" that breaks down waste and turns it into methane gas which is what they use to cook our meals. We also have to be very conscientious about how much food we waste. Once filling your plate, whatever you don't eat you have to scrape it collectively into a large bowl and it is then fed to their animals. All the fruit, juice, and meat is from their resources from their land. The food is DELICIOUS! After eating, we went on a five mile hike to v...