Reflection from Angie

这是我们RPH探险小分队在哥斯达黎加的第二天，地导和老师们延迟了起床时间，所以小伙伴们都度过了一个充足的睡眠时间，精力充沛的开始了新的一天的活动。早晨，同学们三三两两的聚到了一起，再用过美味的早餐之后，我们做了一些关于左右脑的活动，并且根据左右脑不同的工作和每个人的性格分成了四个不同的小组，有的人是梦想家，有的人是浪漫主义者，有的人是决裁者，有的人则是现实主义者 。在一些活动之后，大家都明白了在左半脑发达的人和右半脑发达人的所存在的差异，也从而懂得了在我们的生命中总会有一些人不能一起共处的原因，还有为什么性格相差很大的人却能成为好朋友。

在短暂的室内活动之后，我们的探险小分队又出发了。冒着微微细雨开启了探索热带雨林的路程，大家一路上欢声笑语互相帮扶，我们渡了小河，看了淘金，拥有了难以忘记的回忆。

最让我惊喜的是在临近中午的时候，我们来到了一个在小河深处的一个天然游泳池，当大家看到它的时候，都不禁有一丝失望，在这个时候雨越下越大，站在水边的人和站在水里的人都是全身湿透的。所以同学们开始慢慢的进入水里洗去了多天来的黏腻和沉闷，在“游泳池”的深处我们意料之外地发现了一个小小的瀑布，享受了天然的冲刷按摩。这将会是我在这趟旅行中最难忘的回忆。然后，我们在回家的路上和寄宿家庭一起用了午餐，收获了很多的乐趣。

经过短暂的休息，我们开始了这趟旅行最重要的目的－帮助当地的孩子建一所学校。同学们都在烈日下怀着对孩子们的祝福努力地工作着，可惜天公不作美，洋洋洒洒的雨滴又从天空中飘洒下来，大家一边在棚下躲雨，一边和当地的小朋友们玩耍起来，每个人的脸上都挂着开心的笑容。

亲爱的爸爸妈妈，我们在这里很好，请不要担心，这对我们来说将会是终生难忘的旅行。请照顾好自己，期待我们的归来。

It is the second day for the RHP adventure team in Costa Rica and the local tour guides and teachers delayed the wake up time so everyone could get sleep.  We started the new day with a lot of energy.  In the morning, students came to the dining area and had a delicious breakfast.  We then had an activity about how the brain works….the left brain and the right brain.  We were put in four different groups based on personalities and the different jobs of the brain.  Some people are idealists, some are artists, some are guardians and others are rational.  After these activities, everyone understood the differences between people who are right-brained and those that are left-brained.  We also talked about why people are left-handed and why some people cannot work together.  Even if people have different personalities, they can still be friends. 

After the indoor activities, our team started a new adventure.  We went to the rain forest and it was actually raining!  On the way there, everyone helped each other get across the river and we saw how to dig for gold.  We had the unforgettable memory.

The most exciting part for me was finally arriving to the watering hole to swim, but when we saw it we were a little disappointed because we were out of our comfort zone.  At this point, it was raining so hard so it did not matter if you were in the water or not…you were soaking wet.  Everyone went into the water to wash off the sweat and bug spray; it ended up being a lot of fun.  We found a small waterfall and we enjoyed the natural massage.  I think this might be the most unforgettable memory of this trip so far.  When we were on the way home from swimming, we met our host moms for lunch along the river.   We had a ton of fun eating even though we were soaking wet. 

After the short break, we started the main idea for this trip to build the classroom for the local kids.  Everyone was working so hard under the sunshine feeling hopeful but it started again, so everyone had to get out of the rain and play with the local kids with huge smiles on their faces. 

Dear Dad and Mom, we are having a lot of fun here, so please don’t worry about us.  This experience is going to be the trip of a lifetime.  Please take care of each other, we are going to go home soon.