Published: August 10th 2008August 10th 2008
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Look closely. On our drive to La Fortuna, we saw this iguana in a tree along the side of the road.
This morning we went white-water rafting down some very challenging rapids. It was VERY hard work, but an unbelieveable experience. Afterwards, they had some natural Costa Rican fruit, and then we went to the guide's house for a traditional Costa Rican lunch, consisting (again) of rice, beans, and tortillas.
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This is a sort of fruit (i forgot the name). You open up the spiky outside, and suck on the inside. Our guide told us "whatever you do, DON'T eat the seed inside!" I never found out why not, I think the seed is poisonous.
Tomorrow we are taking a boat across a lake, then getting on horses to travel to our next destination, Monteverde Cloud Forest. I feel like I'm constantly saying "gracias" all the time, because if you smile and speak just one word of Spanish, they will bend over backwards to make you happy. Such a wonderful country!
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We also saw a sloth in a tree along the road.
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These are called "Cotys." They're a cross between a monkey and a possum. They came rather close to us.
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Look closely again. There's a toucan there in the tree.
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Here I am in front of the Arenal Volcano. You can't really see it, due to the clouds.
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This mountain is actually made of cooled lava from the huge eruption in 1968 that buried an entire village that used to be on this side of the mountain. We were staying on the other side in La Fortuna, which literally means "The Fortunate."
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Another picture of the hill.
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The nature walk.
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Our group on the nature walk.
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There were some HUGE trees.
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There were also some huge vines. One of the guys in our group was able to climb up one!
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A small stream.
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Here's a picture of the side of the volcano. The white streaks right on the edge were from a lava flow from a few days ago.
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Here you can see the volcano a little better.
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This is Empe, our GAP tour guide. She was amazing: always smiling in the mornings (especially at 7 AM), and a great way of telling stories.
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Amy Jacobs
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OMG!!
Everything sounds so amazing!! That volcano experience seems like it will make the whole trip, I know how much you like fireworks. I hope you are continuing to enjoy your trip. Can't wait to here about it all and to see the pictures.
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