Cottage Trip (the Volcán Arenal sequel)

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This past Semana Santa (Good Week), I stayed at a cottage with my host family and two other families. It was really laid-back and fun. Everyday we would take a hike either through the forest or to the river and just relax. The wildlife was awesome as well. Interesting birds and a two-toed sloth living in the front yard was more than sufficient for a trigger-happy photographer like myself!

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Photos

All Together
That's what 3 families-worth of people looks like!

House
The front of the cottage

Perezoso de dos dedos (Two-toed Sloth)
This guy lived in the tree right in front of our cottage!

Ooh pretty!
It's red!

Colibrí Colirrayado (Rufous-tailed Hummingbird) [babies]
So cute!

Arenal
This is Volcán Arenal at dusk. Very beautiful, and that cloud ring is quite bizarre...

Natural drink
Yup, you can just cut it in half and start drinking the juice!

Bosque
Beautiful forest

Church
This is where the service was held on Good Friday.

Largartija Jesús Cristo (Jesus Christ Lizard)
Located outside the local church on Good Friday! Go figure! (it's called a Jesus Christ lizard because it runs on water)

Volcán Arenal from backyard
This was shot from the backyard of our cottage.

Largartija chisbala (Central American Whiptail)
This guy was fast!

Whoa!
This is biggest grasshopper I've ever seen!

River
Fresh water running down from the mountains

Water games
Having fun in the nearby river

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Animal Book
Hi! Grammom and I are putting your animal book that you got her, to good use. We're taking the pictures of the animals you see and write about and we're checking them out in the book. We're enjoying the book! Love...Aunt Bernie