Costa Rica #3 - The exciting swim in the ocean

Once again I am adding to the Costa rica stories. Hope yall are excited!
Okay, this one is going to be about when we went swimming in the ocean. and although that doesn't sound very unusual to be doing in a tropical counrty, it was the only time we actually swam in the ocean. Well, it was a humid, very warm, day, ever since morning hit. We rode a pretty long bus ride, and arrived at a very pretty beach. The sand, was the usual, white sand, tall palm trees, and crystal clear ocean water. The absolutte, tropical paradise.
Many people lay happily on towels and beach chairs, tan and in bikinis and speedos.
I was layering on a fair amount of waterproof sunscreen before I plunged into the water.
I was very anxious. I never swam in an ocean with such large exciting waves. I rushed into the water, that felt refreshing and as warm as a casual summer pool! i swam for a long time. The waves unfortunatley managed to pull me under, casuing me to engulf a gallon of salty water. Every time i dunked under, I had to rub the salt from my eyes and spit out a mouthful of very salty water! Only soon did I realize under my eyes burned and stung each time I rubbed. I was sunburned there! It hurt and because I swallowed so much salty water, I felt sick. So i ordered a lime snocone. Yummy!
Then i swam again. got out, had another sno cone. Good times. good times.
It was all very exciting. We jumped waves and soon i caught on that I had to dive into the waves, otherwise i would get knocked down.....
the most freaky thing thathappened was probably when kate drifted off like a 1ong way out and the lifegaurds had to go save her....
but it was sooo fun!