We woke up to nice breakfast at our hotel and hit the road bright and early. We were headed to meet the Bri-Bri. The Bri-Bri are an indigenous tribe that still live just outside of Limon on their Reservation. A national award winning activist from the Bri-Bri tribe gave a morning lecture (yep, that’s right, class on a Saturday morning) about the Bri-Bri tribes history, difficulty maintaining their land and other interesting facts about their tribe. After the lecture we wondered through the reservation, got to see their lizard conservation project, and bought jewelry from some of the Bri-Bri women. After the great and very educational morning, we headed to the beach (who knew you could go to school and hit the beach all in the same day). We went to part of the ocean that was located in a National Park. It was awesome. We basically had to walk through the jungle to get to the ocean (meaning that we got to see a bunch of monkey and sloths before we hit the waves). We all immediately jumped in the water due to the intense heat and humidity none of us were accustomed to. We played in the waves for quite some time and then took a break for a picnic lunch. A local women made us pati and plantilla (two more local Limonese dishes). My favorite part of the meal was the fresh pineapple (fruit is so much better here!). After 4 wonderful hours of riding the waves (unfortunately without surfboards) we made our trek back into Limon. After cleaning up, it was off to dinner. Our professors had rented out a room, hired and band, and found a few locals to teach us how to dance. After more local unique Limonese food, we all hit the dance floor and sweated like crazy while learning how to salsa. Although, going into it I thought I’d rhythmically challenged crappy dancer, according to some others “I got the moves” (direct quote from my friend). We danced the night away and stopped for some TCBY on the way back to the hotel. What a day!
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