Saturday:
Spanish Level: I didn’t have to use much Spanish today. It’s the weekend and my guide was bi-lingual (and great!) lava = lava in Spanish.
This morning I headed out on a tour to Arenal, the most active volcano in Costa Rica. A married couple (Robert and Ana) from school went along and in our van we had about 20 people total. We drove about 4 hours and arrived at the volcano. It gloriously stands alone in the range of mountains, as we approached Arenal the mountain range forms the face and figure of a man lying down Arenal is the bent legs. One side of the volcano is very green and covered with vegetation and the other side is black lava rock. We had great luck and were able to see the top of the volcano during the day, 70% of the time the top is covered by clouds. You could see puffs of smoke rising from the smoldering lava cinders; it looked like snowballs rolling down the hill. At night the lava glows red hot and is easier to see. I spent the night in a hotel with a view of the volcano top but bad luck for me… that night it was too cloudy to see the top of the volcano.
I FOUND THE HOT WATER IN COSTA RICA!!!! It’s at the base of Arenal volcano at the famous hot springs. Two resort hotels have hot springs and my tour went to one, Tabacon. On the way to the hot springs, the van stopped and pulled over where some cars had stopped. People were out of their cars looking at Congos, or Howler monkeys. This is the 3rd type I have seen out of the 4 that live in Costa Rica. They are medium size all black monkeys. It was great!!! Then back in the van and on to the springs. The place had hot, warm and cold rivers, several pools, a swim up bar and a waterslide too! It was like being in a bath that never got cold, we spent 4 hours there. This was the best day I’ve had on tour in Costa Rica. The volcano was truly awesome, the hot springs were wonderful, dinner at the resort was wonderful and the Volcano Inn where I stayed that night was perfect, 11 little bungalows all with views facing the volcano. I woke up several times in the night looking for the lava but never did see it.
Spanish Level: I didn’t have to use much Spanish today. It’s the weekend and my guide was bi-lingual (and great!) lava = lava in Spanish.
This morning I headed out on a tour to Arenal, the most active volcano in Costa Rica. A married couple (Robert and Ana) from school went along and in our van we had about 20 people total. We drove about 4 hours and arrived at the volcano. It gloriously stands alone in the range of mountains, as we approached Arenal the mountain range forms the face and figure of a man lying down Arenal is the bent legs. One side of the volcano is very green and covered with vegetation and the other side is black lava rock. We had great luck and were able to see the top of the volcano during the day, 70% of the time the top is covered by clouds. You could see puffs of smoke rising from the smoldering lava cinders; it looked like snowballs rolling down the hill. At night the lava glows red hot and is easier to see. I spent the night in a hotel with a view of the volcano top but bad luck for me… that night it was too cloudy to see the top of the volcano.
I FOUND THE HOT WATER IN COSTA RICA!!!! It’s at the base of Arenal volcano at the famous hot springs. Two resort hotels have hot springs and my tour went to one, Tabacon. On the way to the hot springs, the van stopped and pulled over where some cars had stopped. People were out of their cars looking at Congos, or Howler monkeys. This is the 3rd type I have seen out of the 4 that live in Costa Rica. They are medium size all black monkeys. It was great!!! Then back in the van and on to the springs. The place had hot, warm and cold rivers, several pools, a swim up bar and a waterslide too! It was like being in a bath that never got cold, we spent 4 hours there. This was the best day I’ve had on tour in Costa Rica. The volcano was truly awesome, the hot springs were wonderful, dinner at the resort was wonderful and the Volcano Inn where I stayed that night was perfect, 11 little bungalows all with views facing the volcano. I woke up several times in the night looking for the lava but never did see it.
posted by GA_Peach | 10:06 AM
2 Comments:
Hay!
It sounds like you are falling in love with that place.
No! No! No!
We have hot and cold running water in the bathroom.
They may have monkeys but we have Rusty and he has no passport.
Our house may not be so "limpia"
but we are not so broke.
Well... may be a little broke.
Come back as soon as you can put
by-lingual on you resume, you know that thing
that helps you find a job.
Oh my gosh, Am I sounding like your father.
ok folks... no worries I plan to come home in November. Im not looking for a job here right now because I think I can do that from the US. I miss Rusty too. I can hardly belive Ive been here for 9 weeks now. Andy: the mystery spheres are exactly as you said... a mystery comonly used here similarly to yard gnomes. No one knows what they were for or where they came from, they are a part of history... no one here knows how they were made or what they stood for but I ask everyone on tours about for good small talk.
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