March 14, 2009
On March 6, LMU men's soccer departed for a nine-day trip to Costa Rica. In addition to playing five matches against local teams, the squad will be visiting orphanages and taking in the sites. Throughout the trip, various players will check in with updates of what they have been up to.
Day 6
3/14/09
Our morning began with a little jog and stretch on the beautiful beach at 8:30am. After, we had breakfast at 9:00am in the restaurant at our hotel. They served us eggs, pancakes, rice and beans. Breakfast has been pretty much been the same everyday. When we were done with breakfast we had some downtime to ourselves until lunch at 12:30pm. Some of the guys on the team went to the beach to lay out and walk around, some relaxed in the pool, and others hung out in their room. Those who went to the pool played a game of bingo because there is a little bar and sitting area that connects to the pool. Roland Anderson won the first game of bingo and was given a complimentary margarita mug from Flamingo Hotel. They played another game and Roland Anderson won again! This time he was given a bottle of champagne and performed a victory dance on top of the bar to some Latin music with another girl. We all met up again for lunch for some more rice and beans, spaghetti, pasta, Alfredo, and fruits served with a tropical juice.
Once lunch was finished we all hopped on the bus for a ten minute ride down the beach for our Catamaran cruise. Besides our group there was also a group of students from Duke who would be joining us on the cruise as well. The boat did not seem that big and there were about seventy-five of us altogether, but supposedly the maximum capacity was ninety people. Anyways, we all found a way to squeeze everyone on the boat. We cruised away from shore for awhile and stopped. During this time we were able to jump off the boat with some sort of flotation device such as a vest or doodle to swim in the water and enjoy some sun, snorkel, or just stay on the boat. Coach Krumpe was actually the first person to jump off the boat and did so in fashion by doing a backflip, which was very impressive.
After about an hour everyone got back on the boat to head back to shore. It was a two-hour trip back to shore. In the meantime, everyone enjoyed their time laying out in the sun and being in each other's company. They served chips with guacamole, some sort of noodle salad, cookies, pineapple, and watermelon as a snack. The cruise was filled with lots of laughs and beautiful site seeing. Many memories were definitely created on this amazing cruise.
Once we got back to shore we got back on the bus and headed back to the hotel for dinner. The next morning we had to be packed and ready to go at 7:30am to depart to San Jose. So, some of the guys enjoyed the pool for one last night. Others went to the casino to gamble their free $5 given by the hotel and the rest of us got an early start on packing and straight to bed afterwards because it was a very long and tiring day.
By: Vincent Ocampo, Alex Greenman, and Steffen Canty
