Sunday, June 21, 2009
Home Sweet Home
Friday, June 12, 2009
Day 14! The day paradise ends and reality will soon set in...
Day 13!
This was a day i was looking forward too! I was going to be pampered and totally relaxed for 2 whole hours, yay! I was getting a wrap treatment and then an hour long massage. I was beyond excited! So when we got to the spa they had us take off our shoes outside and put them in what they called the wood house. After that they told us who our massage people were and lead us down the stairs, where this tribal type music was playing. Not going to lie, it was extremely wierd and kinda annoying. After i was laying down she put this oily gritty stuff on me, i thought it was suppose to be mud? oh well. then i got wrapped up in a plastic and a foil blanket, it got so freakin hot! but it sure felt good. Then she started doing this facial, man did some of that stuff really stink and some of it really kinda burned. Then she put this hot towel on my face and forgot to leave me a hole to vent, i thought i was going to die. My hands were all wrapped up and i couldnt do anything. I was afraid to try and shake it off cause all of this stuff on my face, i didn't want it to go into my eyes. so i sat there until the lady came back and realized that she forgot to leave me a while and fixed it, thank goodness i was saved. haha. anyways she started to take out my hair and put all the oily gritty stuff all over in my hair. So i was sure hoping they were going to have a shower and let me get it out! That would sure be nasty if they didn't. Thankgoodness after the wrap treatment she lead me to the bathroom and had the shower read for me. After trying forever to get that gunk out of my hair i gave up, i knew i had better shampoo at the hotel. So i combed out my hair and i went back to the room. Now i was ready for my relaxing massage, and that it was! It felt so good and i sure didn't want it to end! I actually fell asleep till she told me to roll over, haha. She laughed cause when she woke me i kinda was startled alittle and i jumped a tad bit. After the spa was all over me and mom started to walk back to the hotel, it wasn't a long distance. We were starving so we decided to stop for some nachos at agua azul, the place that has the best pina coladas in town! As we were finishing up it started to rain, rain isn't a good word for it, it started to pour and it was coming down fast! Mom wasn't happy, but i love the rain! Just then Dad and Levi to get mom, cause she had another appointment with that doctor person. Levi decided that he would stay home, he didn't care to sit outside in the rain while mom was getting her treatment. Me and Levi decided to walk home, since the rain had let up just a little bit. On the way back we past Cafe Milagro, they have really good carrott cake. I decided to get a piece to go. The whole 5 minutes that we were in there and walked back out, it was horrible outside. It was pouring so hard and we still had a little ways back to the hotel, so we walked and we walked fast. I was dripping with water by the time that we had gotten back to the hotel, it was crazy how wet i got in like 10 minutes. I got into the shower to get the rest of that gritty stuff out of my hair and then i sat down with levi to watch some tv. Not long after mom and dad came through the door and mom was sick. She is always sick, its hard. So we just stayed around in the hotel. Around 7 we decided to go out for a light dinner and a pina colada, Agua Azul for the second time that day, haha. I told the waiter to order me something good. He came out with something that looked like a pina colada but it didn't taste like it. It was called Guavanana or something, but it was so good! Well it was back to the hotel and i couldn't sleep, i was in for a long life and i could tell. I was up half the night tossing and turning, but finally got to sleep and was woke up early to the loud noise outside my window, and for once it wasn't my dad, haha. Well nighty night y'all, hoping tomorrow isn't going to be a rainy day. i wanna go to the beach :) again
Day 12!
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Day 11, Wow!!
Todays adventures
- Breakfast
- Searching for a spa
- Bakery
- Beach
- Dinner
- Dessert & Pina Coladas
- Running
- Writing
- Drawing
- Movie
So yet again, I was woke up because of my Dad. He is SO loud when he talked, almost as if he is yelling to someone who is across a football field or something. Drives me bonkers, I can tell you that! I brushed my teeth and then went out to help cook breakfast, man i love french toast.. Again, we had my favorite breakfast of all time; French Toast with peanut butter and syrup, the only way to do it! After breakfast I found a seat on my bed, I really was exhausted for some reason.. I turned on the tv, they only have like 4 channels of english I found myself watching MTV It was the MTV awards or somethings, but I got to see the preview for Twilight: New Moon...AHHHHHH!!! I dont think I can tell you how excited I am for that to come out in November! I will be one of those crazy people who gets my ticket super early and then waits in a line for like 3 hours to get good seats, yeah I know crazy in love! So then the family the family was ready to go into Quepos. I have been wanting to get a spa treatment with Rainforest Clay or Volcanic Mud really bad while I was down here, so me and my mom went in search for a spa today. We walked into one and they wante $120 just for the mud wrap and $90 for the massage part of it, and then get this you have to pay an extra $50 for the shower that ususally comes with the mud wrap.. Ridiculouse I tell you, its horrible. So i am still in search for a spa! After that we came back to the hotel and dropped off the car and rode the bus to the beach, man i love the beach. Dad had an interesting offer at the beach today though.. While levi was out playing in the water on his boogie board, me and mom had decided to go find this top she wanted. Well my dad was sitting there on the towel when this young like 21 year old kid walks up to him, asks him if he wants to buy a water or fresca. Dad says "No thanks, Got one." Then the kid was like "I got cocaine, its good." Dad was like "I bet it is, but i dont do that shit." The kid was like "Oh come on, its really good, makes you happy." Dad then tells the kid "Look go away, I am not going to buy your shit!!" I was laughing really hard when he told me. So we left the beach around like 5ish and road the bus back to the hotel, I was getting into the shower and dad was hungry so he decided to start pulling this out to make dinner.. Oh great is all I could think, Dad's cooking. He is good at breakfast, but any anything else; well that is a different story... So when I was told dinner was ready I sat down too; Spagetti, Fish, Celery Sticks, Garlic Bread, Shrimp & Lobster, Beats, and Fruit.. Odd?? That was my exact thoughts. Levi made the Garlic bread, and man that was delicious! Dad way over cooked the Shrimp and Lobster, it was like rubber and tough, and well down right disgusting. After dinner i layed down for a second, had to process everything I just ate.. Mom did some laundry, I love the smell of clean clothes with lots of frabic softener. So when 8 o'clock hit, Levi and Dad were ready for some sweets.. We had eaten all of Levi's cake and so we had to go out for something.. We walked down the street to Agua Azul! Best place in Manuel Antonio for Pina Colada, Daquiris, and Desserts. I had a Strawberry Daquiri while Levi had a Pina Colada and Dad had his glass of wine. Dessert choice time came, it was between the Key Lime Pie and the Chocolate Brownie Sunday, and the winner is Key Lime Pie. Levi took one bit, and the funniest face came across him.. He was Not expecting it to be sour, well what is lime?? It was hilarious! So he sweet talked dad into getting a brownie, and of course he always gets his way. So here I am stuffed with my Key Lime Pie and he is making me eat some of this Brownie, i thought i was going to just roll over and die there on the ground.. I was Stuffed to the Brim! On our way back I was in a random mood, I wanted to RUN! yeah, run? Running for Kenzie doesn't come that often, haha. I made it like 3/4 of the way and I was dead, but lil man just kept pushing me along. I got to the last flight of stairs in our hotel and I almost dropped there, but defeat doesn't come often for Kenzie. Oh no, these stairs were not going to kill me! I would make it too the top, and still have energy to go! NOT! I died, in my bed, had the fan going, then I had to pee.. man, getting on my feet, so not okay. So now I sit, Writting my day away. I am going to draw a picture that I took today and then see if anyone is up for a movie, family tradition on trips.. Movie before Bed! Love it! anyways, i'll tell ya what happens for tomorrow, as for now... nighty night y'all! Have a sunny side up day!!
Day 10
Day 9!
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Day 8
Friday, June 5, 2009
Day 7
it was a perfect day to spend at the beach. so the family took the bus down to manuel antonio beach, the bus trip is such an adventure haha.. we just walked around looking at some of the litte shops for a while and then we just enjoyed the sun, soakin it up! i love the beach. after the beach we came back and got ready to go to the friday farmers market. its really cool, tons of local farmers gather on this open dirt lot in the middle of town and bring tons and tons of fresh fruit and vegtables. we got the best fruit ever, they are these red/orange pooky balls that have a white thing inside. if you take the peel off the grape and it has just that white thing left over, that is what the inside of this fruit looks like. it look odd, for sure; but it is seriously so good! not long after we had gotten a few things it started to rain, and when it rains in costa rica it pours. it was coming down so hard on the way back to the hotel we couldn't keep the rain off the windshield long enough to see through a wave of water. for dinner we breaded up some fish and had the best fish that i have had in a long time; but of course i was more interested in the celery and carrots...dumb cravings haha.. oh we found the coolest thing lime squeezer today at the market. it looks like one of those things that you put an onion or egg in too slice, but it squeezes all the juice out of the lime without making it go into your eyes. its awesome!! we love it, especially since we love our lime juice, haha. well we are watching forever young as a family, freakin awesome movie!! watch it! i'll put up pictures later that i took out at the beach today, i cant find my cord at the moment. alright peace out y'all! nighty nighty
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Day 6
This is the day that i have been waiting for, i love snorkeling so so so much! well the day started off when the sun was blaring through my windows, cause i forgot to shut the curtain the night before.. hello to an extremely early morning.. 6:30 kinda early, that is so not ok for vacation. After a big bowl of honey nut cheerios, the family got all ready to go.. swimmers, sunglasses, and packs; we were ready for our adventure! once we got to the pier we had to sit there for a good 20 mins while we waited for a couple more people that were coming on the tour with us, well 15 people to be exact... yeah all in one group too, big group takes time i guess.. after that we were ready.. as we walked down the covered path to the dock, my family got really excited to see Juancho. no one told him that we were coming on the tour today and so it was a complete suprise to him that we were even in costa rica. as i walked off the thing and lifted my sunglasses, his face just dropped. it was hilarious! he honestly didn't believe it was me, well i haven't seen him in over 2 years either, changed just a little bit since then.
Day 4&5
I experience my very first massage today, by a massage therapist that is. I am definently hooked on them, they freakin relax you so much. After that i just really enjoyed the down time we had at the hotel. Spending most of the time i had outside in the sun, soaking it up that is for sure. Once my parents returned from their massages (since i was the first to go) me and dad fixed dinner.. shrimp and noodles, even though mom and levi dont like them; me and dad enjoyed shrimp that were huge! seriously huge! They were so delicious though, one thing that is for sure, i will be getting more of those before i leave!!! yummy! I sat outside as the sun was going down. I have really enjoyed having the porch we have at the hotel, its awesome!
Day 5...
There wasn't anything really special about today. We decided to go into town and get some thread that my mom needed at a local store, then we went to the pier as we waited for one of our friends to get off from his job. Juancho, is our very good friend that my parents met while they came here in '96. We have stayed extremely good friends ever since.. well after waiting on the pier for about 30 mins all the guys from his boat came up the walk way to where we were, but there was no Juancho.. where was he? I started talking to one of his friends, Christopher is his name. Juancho had the day off today, haha just our luck huh? We stayed a while though and talked to Christopher. I got invited to go and watch the USA VS. COSTA RICA at one of the local places, haha and then he asked my family if we all wanted to go... As soon as we got into the car my whole family kept making fun of me, saying i had a date. I thought it was funny, but i had no intentsions of going. It was just a fun relaxing day, not too busy busy.. I couldn't wait for tomorrow though, we were going snorkeling!! My favorite
Monday, June 1, 2009
Day 3
this year has just gone by so fast.
Cost Rica Trip 2009..
- Levi driving to vegas.. i dont know what was worse, the winds or dad yelling in my ear the whole time.. i thought i had it in bad when i started to drive with my dad and mom, well i feel bad for lil buddy. man, i am glad that i am not him.. driving with my dad is well, i dont know how to put this... think of heavy metal screamo at full blast ringing in your ears, and as much as you want to turn it off, the off button is stuck cause of old age. haha yeah, it is no fun!
- After long security line, we have to do it all again... so we finally arrived at the Las Vegas Airport, got all our baggage checked in, waited in the long security check point line, only to find out we had been given the wrong tickets, and we had to do it all again.. so dad and levi went down and got the tickets and we waited in the long line for what seemed like eternity. so now we wait, and wait, oh yeah and wait some more.. since dad forgot that vegas is one hour behind utah.. excuses excuses,, he used his old age.
- 2:45 flight to Houston, Texas.. No Sleep, Now 23 Hours.. so i got the horrible end of the deal on this one.. levi sat in the middle next to some random guy. he fell asleep on me, of course.. so i couldn't sleep.. yay for a all nighter!
- Houston Airport, haha this was comical! there was 8 teenage boys from the same flight we were on that were on our flight to Costa Rica. so all of them crashed on the floor and so did the 4 of us, until we were woken up by the speaker saying it was time to board our flight. so that checks off my sleeping in an airport.. just something on my list of things to do.
- Chelsey, the student that got the oppurtunity to study aboard. so i sat next to this girl named chelsey. kansas state junior. pre med. coming to costa rica for 9 weeks to finish her spanish minor, and get to experience costa rica.. what an oppurtunity. we talked for most of the plane ride till we both crashed. couldn't believe the stories that we shared about life. amazing when you meet someone who really is interested in knowing what it is like to meet someone that lives in a different place and whats to know all about it.
- Arrival in San Jose, Costa Rica. after spending forever getting the car.. which was this ugly blue mini van, and off the wall crazy costa rica traffic. we were on our way to manuel antonio. the drive was nice till we got to the bridge.. the bridge is scary.. just imagine a one way metal bridge that consits of metal and wooden planks as the only was across to the other side.. and that isn't even the scary part.. after waited 30 mins to cross.. cars were dodging out of nowhere, huge coke trucks and everything else dodging for spots to get across in the front.. we were so close to the people next to us that i could roll down my window and be face to face with the driver next to me.. i thought we were going to be ran over for sure. but luckily mom got pissed off enough to just take it and go!
- Sleep. Hotel. Yay. first after we got everything in the room we went for dinner. our favorite place had turned horrible, no more craving that food forsure!
Day 2!
- Sleeping in... and sleeping some more.. the day started late.. but oh well.
- shower! the shower is so big in here, it is even bigger than my shower at home.. i swear you could fit like 20 people in there. or like 4 twin beds.. it is that big! and water squirts everywhere at you. i kinda felt that i was at a water park with lots of little kids and squirt guns.. definetly going to use the nice bath tub from now on.
- beach food. so we found this little restraunt at the beach.. wow is that food good! we are for sure going back. again, and again, and again.
- beach treasures, we walked around and found this guy that was hand painting shirt. they were so cute. we bought 4 of them. for little kids we love to spoil rotten!!
- back to the house to relax.. i sat down and started reading my new book.. its called lockdown, wow is this book intense.. i sat down and read 100 pages in one sitting, saying alot for mckenzie and a book.
- dinner :) good ol' tico food. rice, bean, tortilla, and chicken! the best!
- off to bed! night night