I was very scared. I was walking towards the La Paz Waterfalls in Costa Rica when the horrible shaking started. The volcanic soil almost liquified as boulders and trees fell around me with terrible noise. Landslides changed the course of rivers -and human lives- on that beautiful warm afternoon.
More than 600 aftershocks occurred over the next three hours, about one every three-and-a-half minutes, as we waited for help. As the last light pensively seeped from a clouded sky, the rescue helicopter lifted our group towards safety. The pilot announced in my headphones that we were the last flight out. Hundreds of others were left stranded on that frightful mountain.
Tourists evacuated after fatal Costa Rica quake (Reuters UK)
34 dead, dozens missing from Costa Rica quake (CNN)
Strongest earthquake in 150 years hits Costa Rica (Wikinews)