The family that hosted us have a large home and property and on the other side of the street they have what is commonly known here as a rancho. It is basically a piece of land large enough to host people. He has put a lot of work into his ranch and is very proud of it, so he took us on a tour.
There is a small stream that runs through the back of the property.
He has everything lined with stones to add style, and the newly built pavilion.
The road is made up of cement lined with stones, and the holes in the middle are dirt. I am not sure why they do that, but it is very common. They receive a lot of rain, so I am not sure if it is to help with drainage or not.
Then he took us into the jungle basically and we came upon these Tarzan swings and saw a monkey! It was amazing, we were almost just in their backyard, and experiencing this!
After the tour, two of the host dads set up some games for us to play. They were far more thrilled than we were! They stated that one game is an extreme sport of Costa Rica... I think they just wanted a good laugh at our expense. We had to run with wooden stick horses with a pointed stick in our hand and try to put the stick through a ring that was attached with velcro to the string tied across the yard. It was very hard because we couldn´t slow down, so you were basically just jabbing! I did actually catch one of the rings though, so I guess I am an extreme sportsman.
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