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The sand feels great. It’s warm. It’s as if I’m walking through a warm puddle on a cold night. The sand caresses my feet every step I take as if it’s hugging “the webbing of” my toes*. The blazing sun is like a light in a building of thousands of people; as it is shared by the vivid life of the beach. The people on the beach are having the time of their lives as if they were celebrating a nationwide event of some sort. The great island of Costa Rica is just generally full of life. The atmosphere feels like a great sporting event; cheers and hoorays can be heard from the great area.
When people go to Costa Rica they are in awe about the astonishing crowds of people on the beach. The sounds of voices on voices as if they're racing% to come out, and the loud sounds of bodies compacting with water to make the water scream, “splash.” Many bodies are scattered across the beach like groceries in a store#, and many
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The houses are as if someone had handmade every house, for the many houses were perfect in every way the wood was waxed and cut as if it took millions of hours to do so. The roof was shingled so perfect it was as if God himself had placed it there. The doors were gold and steel as if it was protecting the owner from something and shined like the sun on a summer afternoon. And there were enough houses for the whole world it seemed.
Not only is Costa Rica full of life, but the scene of Costa Rica is just beautiful. The trees are tall and healthy like they're in the prime of their life. The fruits were popping out of the trees as if they were asking to be eating. The water is an elegant shade of blue, and the waves come in the beach repeatedly throwing forgotten objects on the beach side. The sky's marvelous color matched the ocean’s and the enlarged and puffy clouds made the scene resemble a portrait or a paradise of some

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