day 21: last day

picture 1: my family, except i'm not sure who the little girl in the front posing is

picture 2: my bike gang

"Nothing lasts forever, not the mountains nor the sea, but the times we had together, they will always be with me."

that quote is just a joke, i thought it was really funny, but maybe not. i can't believe today is already my last day in monteverde. sure the first week took forever but the last 2 have really flown by. i slept the latest i have since i've been here, 8:40 and it was awesome. got up and studied some, got bored with that and decided to head to the monteverde cloud forest reserve. most of my friends left town and the rest rented atv's so i did the 8km trek by myself which was surprisingly wasn't too bad. once i got there i did a 3 hour trail which was suppose to have an awesome view of the continental divide. i was really pumped about this because you are suppose to see the continental divide from the peak on a clear day. unfortunately, midway through it started to rain and got incredibly foggy but if you were curious as to what the continental divide looks at in immense fog i've posted 2 pics, one from each side. after that i took a taxi home and rode bikes with andres. they are clearing out a lot next door to our house to build a hotel and it has some pretty "sweet jumps" jk. but there are some places you can go downhill and pick up some good speed. i found out my bikes breaks were shot the hard way, but going out of control and hitting a big dirt hill. it was pretty fun though. after that the kids played with fire some. no really. they kept lighting matches in the house and spraying perfume on them. kind've reminded me of something i would've done whne i was 13. the game plan for tonight is to get packed up and get to sleep fairly early to rest up for the voyage to heredia tomorrow at 8:30am. i'm excited to meet my new family but part of me is definitely hesitant because i know it'll be tough for them to compete with the group i've lived with the past 3 weeks. i'll miss the incredible weather here. i'll also miss the view of the rainforest every day on my way to school. however, i will not miss walking uphill both ways to school.