The Blue Pelican Playa San Miguel

... except for when we saw a tarantula, though it was convinced to come out of its hole by the guide jabbing a stick into its nest! Still, it was the first wild one we had ever seen and it was very cool, about 4 inches wide. It was a female and apparently after having sex with the smaller males they eat them, a bit harsh I thought, probably not worth it. After that we went on a another canopy tour of sorts, this time on zip wires, like a flying fox but upto 180m above the forest floor and ...

... the bright orange millipedes. About 40 minutes in we began our descent towards the spectacular waterfall at the Rio Celeste. Named for the brilliant blue color of the water ("celeste" means sky blue in Spanish), I was impressed with the beauty of the river, although Alejandro informed me that the water was quite 'dull' due to the recent rains which dilute the water.

After a steep decline, that is made easier with the insertion of ...

... was very light, a walk in the rain forest, long but very nice and not really climbing. We found some monkeys on the way, which mae pipi on Amelia (fortunatelly she realized and run before the pipi falled on her) and, not happy with that, they throw wathever on us. The *******s!! So we run away. As we were coming up to the volcano, the vegetation was changing, till we came otside the forest. From that point, the adventure began : ) The views were amazing: some volcanic ...

... Pete's, joined in. When she was called away Elizabeth, another girl who works here, would take her place. Everyone caught on very quickly and we had a lively game. What fun! In the end I managed to drink most of the wine all by myself as others were drinking white wine and beer...C'est la vie! Another spot I visited was the Danaus Eco Preserve. This is a small park about 4 miles outside of town where they have a ...

... Lepidopterium and serpentarium? Sounds like Obelix and Asterix). Maybe we'll return tomorrow. But maybe not. The sky was beginning to darken and rain clouds moving in. "But we thought it was the dry season! This time of year the Caribbean breezes were supposed to slacken off." "The high season doesn't start until February. You're getting the off-season rate. It rains here every day. Enjoy your stay!" The Manager of the Cabinas el Castillo restaurant, a part of the ...

Sooo...we had another nice couple of days. We decided to head out to Liberia after the rafting trip, because we wanted to cut out some bus time, and thought we would like extra time in Nicaragua anyway....So yesterday after a bus ride, we arrived. Liberia is a lot drier than the other side of the country, and seems to be a strange mix of Michigan style trees, tropical palms and banana plants, dry savannah like grasses, and waterfalls, volcanoes, and monkeys. Whew ...

JUST GOT TO COSTA RICA THIS MORNING AND TOMORROW I´M GOING HIKING IN A PARK. WELL TODAY I WENT HIKING IN A PARK THAT SURROUNDS A VOLCANO. STARTED OUT AS A NICEWALK AND TURNED INTO A 14 MILE LUNG BUSTER. ONE TRAIL WENT TO SOME FUMEROLES AND BUBBLE POTS WHICH WERE INTERESTING. ALONG THE WAY I SAW SOME SPIDER MONKEYS, GREAT CURRASOWS (TURKEY SIZE BIRDS THAT ROOST WAY UP IN THE TREES), TOUCAN AND SOME LIZARDS. ALSO SOMEWHERE UP ...

... heron who was poking around in a flooded field. We saw two small dead snakes on the road, one brown and one bright green and poisonous. We also saw sloths - the sandy brown two-toed variety and the grey three-toed one. To be honest they are hard to see and even with binoculars I couldn't work out their position. They look like large round lumps in the tree. Mark said they resembled hairy vacuum cleaner bags and I think that is a good ...

... ei tykkää), sukeltaminen / snorklaus (ei pysty) ja bilettäminen (ei jaksa). Näiden lisäksi tekeminen on melko vähäistä. Varmaankin tekemistä olisi kuitenkin etsimällä löytänyt, ellei olisi ollut el dedo - rajoitetta. El dedon lisäksi vesiaktiviteetteja rajoittaa kuitenkin myös parhaillaan meressä oleva "marea roja", jonka aikana on vaarallista uida (aiheuttaa iho-oireita). Kun vielä rannalla joka päivä näkyy melkoinen määrä merest ...

... all to ourselves. It honestly couldn't have been any better or more perfect in any way (well, although Alan is the man, I would have gladly traded him in for a brunette surfer chic, but thats the only way it could have been better). It was so peaceful out there, only hearing the crashing of the waves and seeing random fireworks getting fired off way down the beach. It was the perfect way to bring in the New Year.