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Published: February 16th 2012
First waterfall
This is the first (and only) waterfall that we saw on our first day with the tour.Termites - Yummy
Not much protein here - need to eat about a million for a meal. and it had been serviced and thoroughly checked over last week. We began the tour by going on a dirt road (which would take up high in the mountains). He stopped before we began to climb and pointed out a termite nest on the side of a tree. He rubbed his hands over the nest then brought his hand over to show us what they looked like…little brown ants. Then he said they were good to eat (lots of protein) and he put some in his mouth. He said they were a little minty tasting. One by one, all of us got the courage to taste them---he’s right, they were minty (Jim thought they tasted like bugs).!
Next we drove by a waterfall that ran across the road (since it’s the dry season the water wasn’t very deep). He kiddingly said, “Okay, here’s the waterfall, now we can go back home”. We continued on for another 15 minutes going higher and higher with lots of turns and bends when the engine died. He successfully started it again but it died again after a few minutes. He pulled out his phone but even standing on top of First Land Rover incident
Electrical problem with fuel pump shutoff safety. Luckily was intermittent so we were able to turn around and get back to town to the mechanic. the car, he didn't get service. He rolled it backwards and got it partially turned around and then after giving it a few minutes, he started it again and we drove back. Up hill seemed to have made it worse. It only stopped a couple more times—it seemed to be a fuel pump issue—but he got us back into town where he left us to get some breakfast in a little on the road open air place while he took it to his mechanic. He came back after about 30 minutes, it seemed it was a loose wire and everything was working good again. EXCEPT that this time, after going only a few minutes down the dirt road, he stopped and looked to see if we had a flat tire—nope—started again and the steering was not working right. This time we found that the tie rod had come unattached. One front wheel was turning and the other going straight. He tried but failed to fix it (this time he had cell service) and he called a friend to come pick us up and take us back to Bejuco. The Land Rover had to be towed in. Okay, we’ll try again
Human Cell tower
Hard to get a signal in the outback tomorrow.
Tuesday: Mike picked us up (in the same yellow Land Rover)—said it was fixed and drove us into Jaco to begin again only he said he was busy with another tour and we would be going in a White Land Rover with Vladamir (Vlad for short) who is Costa Rican born and raised and who speaks very good English. He turned out to be a great guide. The waterfall tour turned out to be a little more challenging than we had thought. We hiked downhill through the Jungle along a river with lots of falls. Most of the tour was walking through falls (up a few) and climbing up and over boulders to make our way up the falls. We swam in some chilly (take my breath away) but refreshing pools, went under falls to sit behind them and took lots of pictures. Our tour ended where we began and Vlad cut up a pineapple for us to enjoy. Getting to the falls required getting much higher up the mountain than we’d been before, with switch backs so severe, Vlad had to turn, back up, and turn some more to get around them while I held Breakfast at Tiffany's
Not really - this was local fare at the local bistro while we waited for the first repair. my breath and covered my eyes…
Vlad showed us several things that were good to eat: Hibiscus leaves, a sort of spaghetti plant, and hearts of palm—and of course the termites.
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Cindy
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Great Pics
Love it, love it, love it. Wished I was there!