After La Tortuga Feliz, I caught up with Nathalie from the project, in San Jose. We took a long, windy, but beautiful ride up to Monteverde, where we (or at least I) screamed through 15 ziplines over the cloud forest, and I took the plunge on a Tarzan swing. We then caught up with 2 more volunteers, Patrick and Galina, in Arenal, where we went to the Baldi Thermal Springs. It was part of a tour - go to Volcan Arenal to see red hot lava pour down the side, then a relaxing dip in the springs. Unfortunately the weather was totally crap, pouring with rain... so the guides suggested that we go to the springs first and come back to the volcano later, when hopefully the weather had cleared up. My personal opinion was that
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