No Entiendo

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Wow,

So its been ages since I have posted a blog, have been so busy doing stuff and I´ve now just arrived at a quiet little beach called Puerto Viejo in Costa Rica so thought i´d take my time now to write a little bit of what I´ve been up to. So first off Dougs has decided to leave me, a bad case of love sickness or home sickness, i can´t quite figure it out, no entiendo 'i don´t understand´, it makes no sense to me! So anyway we parted our separate ways a week ago, so i´ve been busy rafting and seeing the volcanos around San Jose. So a brief ittinery for you all, think i left off in antigua guatemala

First we headed to Lagos de Atiklan,
10- Dec 'Santa Cruz´
11th Dec ´San Marcos´
12th Dec ´Managua´
13th Dec to 15th ´Nicaragua, San Juan Del Sur´
16th Dec ´San Jose´
18th Dec to 19th Dec ´Rafting Pascuare River´
20th Dec ´Árenal Volcano´
21st Dec ´Volcan --- memory blank´
22nd Dec ´Puerto Veijo´

So check out the photos.

Hay x

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Photos

Lagos de Atiklan
So this is the view from our hike that Dougs and I did round Lagos de Atiklan. It was so hot that day and really really mountainous, but spectacular all the same! However must admit we were both so buggered after 2 hours we decided to catch the boat to San Marcos. he he

Sunset of Lagos de Atiklan
This is the beautiful sunset over Lagos de Atiklan, it was such a beautiful place, magical really.

Rafting in Costa Rica
The rafting I did was down Pascuare river, it was seriously spectacular scenery. Somewhere I could definately see myself living forever! And our tour guide was great fun too. This is just a picture of one of the many waterfalls, think this one was at the lodge i stayed in the jungle in at night! Great stuff.

Happy me
This was after our first day. I was just so happy to be there and considering I had been really ill in Nicaragua that day was like the first day I dodn´t end up with my face down the toilet hating life!! It gave me a new energy and I had the best sleep there amongst the birds!

Rafting
This is like one of the only pics i could find of the rafting stuff

Rafting
This is our boat. Only 3 of us stayed over night, me and a honeymoon couple, they were very sweet.

Zip Lining
This is when I went zip lining through the rainforest, very very fun but maybe just a little too short!

Volcan Arenal and the Hot springs
After I got back from the rafting i went to see Volcan Arenal, it´s like one of the only active volcanos in COsta Rica, at night if you´re lucky you can see it exploding hot lava, unfortunately for us there was way too many clouds! But this is a view from the hot springs which are heated by the volcano. Muy Tranquil.

Rafting Guide
Mum and Matt, this is for your niggling curiosity, this is one of the rafting guides I got along really well with. He took me to see the highest volcano in Costa Rica, it´s also still active. Thats the emerald green crater pool of water that´s sull of all those nasty toxins!

Comments

[barley]

merry christmas
Hi Hays, looks like your having a great time. Pitty your travelling companion went home early. Oh well, you'll hook up with like minded travellers all the time now. This tour guide looks like a bit of a spunk..... We've got the crew over hear for christmas day. Should be fun. Bryn is coming to stay with his girlfriend... Sophie is a little concerned about the sleeping arrangments, but I've told her not to worry as they can crash in the rumpus. But she's a little worried that the door is made of glass. I reassured her that there will be no kissing going on. HO HO HO .Jill had a baby girl yesterday and called her Jorja. Thats nice. We were all hoping for a girl. Craig and I have been having a fairly hectic social life leading up to Christmas. Last saturday we had the Chisletts plumbing xmas dinner. A whole lot of us ended up in the local night club until the lights came on. We got home at 5am. We had a ball. Needless to say, sunday was a total loss. We hadn't been to this night club since the early 90s. It was exactly the same, only the crowd was much much younger, but I swear it has the same carpet..... So Jamaica for New Year. Makes our little family party we have planed sound so boring. You have a great time won't you. Craig Sophie and I send a big merry christmas to you and our love. Have a great time. Barley XXXX

[Rosa Purbrick]

Your uni email address
H, I just tried to send an email through your uni email address and it bounced back saying premanent error? Has you time with them run out? MERRY CHTISTMAS!! LOVE YOU!! Mum Dad and Matt XXXX

[Matt]

Ant needs blog add
Hellooooooo...Christmas just isn't the same without you kiddo. And you need to add Ant's address: [e-mail]. rad, speak to ya soon

[Mon]

Hi hay!!
Hello lovely, happy christmas and have a great nye!! Do you still have an email address i can write to? Are you meeting up with liv and bridge at any stage? The photos are awesome, hope you are having lots and lots of fun, love mon xxx

[Debbie]

Hi Hayley It sounds like you are having a great time, the scenery looks wonderful! Georgie, Maddie, Gamma and I went to Sydney for Xmas. We had a great time didn't stop the whole time and even managed to fit in fish and chips on Manley Beach. Have a great New Year you are certainly in a very different location from all other New Years! Moni and Lauren made it to Zambia and we heard from them on Christmas day. They had to climb to the top of a hill to get any reception. We saw James Mufula on boxing day and he was telling us that in Zambia the family attends a church service that lasts about 4 hours. So that should do the girls for all of 2007! Take care Love Deb