misspent

Today was the second time I surfed in my life. My instructor Carlos thought it was time that I move to the more advanced group (along with my schoolmate Neeta) so he told us we’d be paddling out to the same spot all the real surfers start. So basically we were moving from surfing the whitewash (you know, the white fluffy stuff after the wave breaks) to surfing where the waves start.

The most dauting part of the entire experience was getting through the “impact zone,” which is the spot right where the waves break and crash i.e. beat the heck out of you. It would take me about 20 minutes to just paddle past the impact zone as the waves continually land on your head and push you backwards. Anyways, out of the 5 or 6 big attempts I took, I landed two of them. Not bad for the second day. I still can’t believe how insane a workout just getting out to the waves is.
Tomorrow I leave for Volcan Arenal (Arenal volcano). My Spanish lab teacher is taking a group of us there. We will also be stopping in the largest rainforest in Costa Rica for a canopy tour (wires suspended at the tops of trees in the rainforest), riding on the longest zip line in Costa Rica and bathing in hot springs near the volcano. Arenal is one of the largest active volcanoes in the world. You can actually see lava shooting out of it on a clear night. Hopefully I get to test out more of my photo skills this weekend.

To pass the time, here are some shots from today as we were working on color concepts in our photos:

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