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Travel Day and Pineapples
... lunch we were back on the bus for a 45 minute drive to a Pineapple plantation. The plantation was called Corsicana Pineapple Plantation. On the road into the plantation we saw a Crested CaraCara Bird. The plantation was growing both pineapples and papaya. Our tour guide was Michael and he was quite entertaining. We learned that the workers work 9 hours a day harvesting the pineapples by hand and ...
Riding buses and walking on lava
... br> We had booked a room at Las Colinas Hotel which we found without too much difficulty. We checked out the view of the volcano from the terrace - it was almost completely obscured by cloud - and then went for a wander around the town. There were all sorts of tours on offer for visitors, most of them far too adrenalin packed for us. We settled for a tour which took us on a short hike through the Volcano National Park the next morning.
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Monteverde and Monkeys!
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So, a quiet week in the mountains, to be followed by a few days of chilling on the Caribbean coast before the hectic tour schedule starts again in earnest come next Saturday. Not sure how I’ll cope!
Kx
PS. Congratulations to Jo and Andy (who will understandably probably not read this!) on the safe arrival of little Samuel this week. Jo, you are amazing!! ...
In the Shade of Arenal
... blogging) or the room and watching movies on TV. We got back to the room and the maid had created all these amazing flower things for us…photos are posted in yesterdays blog entry but I didn’t get to write about it. There were 2 swans kissing and flowers all neatly arranged around the bed. We are talking hundreds of tiny flowers meticulously placed. Then as I am photographing that amazing site Jym calls me into ...
Hey where's our dog?
... year round. Some of the larger ones only bloom in the dry season. A tiny kitten showed up and broke my heart and then left once It had enough of me. Then went for mocha frio at a cafe that farms and roasts all it's own coffee :) yum.
Need to add in a bit here about zip lining . . So much fun! Has taken two days to recover, felt bruised from the straps. Really worth the effort and money. Extremo who I went with have 14 cables and 16 platforms ...