Orosi Valley

Trip Start Dec 17, 2006
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Trip End Jan 05, 2007


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Thursday, January 4, 2007

My last stop before leaving was the Orosi valley, a lush green valley in the central highlands of Costa Rica.  Our plan was to once we got settled was to hit the hot springs in town that we had read about.  After talking to some people staying at the hostel about the hot springs, we found out that there was a hot spring across town that fed into a river and that it was much more scenic than the springs in town that featured a view of, well, town.

Luckily for us, we caught a ride from a woman named Elizabeth from Alberta what had driven her 1990 Volvo down with her friend Garret.
It was a good thing too, because we probably not have found the springs on our own. After a several mile drive across town, Elizabeth (From Alberta) parked the car at a bar near a river.  From there we hiked a two track service drive through a large field of coffee plants.  Then Elizabeth led us down a small, overgrown footpath that followed the river until it stopped at what looked like just more river.  Except that there was a small calm pool that, though it looked like it was fed by the river, turned out to be the hot springs.  After an hour of soaking in the water and the scenery of river rapids roaring by we decided to head back and think about dinner.

When we got back from the hot springs, we noticed that the pasture next to the hostel we were staying at had horses.  Ani was pretty excited to see them so the owner let us pet them.  Her look turned from excitement to a concern when we got close.  I guess they were a little intimidating up close.  Not that I can talk - later that night a giant butterfly the size of my fist flew into my room and startled the heck out of me.  It was pretty tough too since a cat came in, caught it, carried it into the hallway, and it still flew away from there.  Must be a service that the hostel provides.  Too bad for Libby the cat didn't dispatch the cockroach in her room like that.

After a great dinner with Elizabeth and Garret I put Ani to bed for one of the last times in Costa Rica, Libby went to see a movie with Elizabeth and Garret, and Sarah and I read while listening to the rainfall hit the leaves of the trees surrounding the hostel.

In the morning I saw that the horses were still grazing so Ani and I went to the fence to get a better look.  One by one, three horses came over to let us pet them. 
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