Enid and her friend Flora took myself, Midori and Mari on a trip to see Volcan Arenal, the largest active volcano in Central America. But first we went to id´s "cottage", which was awesome I felt like being at a resort but without the mobs...the house is cute, small, but totally idyllic. I finally felt the Costa Rican heat and humidity, so the pool was nice.
The volcano was magnificent. Enid kept stopping on the road to La Fortuna for another spectacular view. As a result, I believe i have about 20 pictures of Arenal. We also heard explosions while driving, which I thought was thunder because it was raining, but Enid said was the volcano. Given that there was no lightening, I think I believe her.
Day 7 - Instituta Brittanica & the bus system
I did it! Three buses and a 15 minute walk later, I managed to navigate my way back from Spanish class to San Ramon without problem. It´s a bit of a commute, but doable when I think of how much commuting I do in Canada. 1.5 hours total. The buses here run frequently thankfully.
As for Spanish class, I offically start tomorrow. ;)
The "Cottage"
The pool. It is shared by about 10 cottages I saw that back onto it...Enid´s is like 1 minute walk away. Very nice.
Me and Mari.
Una bonita flor.
1.5 lane bridge on way to the cottage. The entire road is 2 small lanes...which is very interesting given almost everyone drives SUVs and a truch takes a bit more than one lane. A lot of people drive as if it is one lane and look out. Maximum possible speed was 60 km and hour....for the longest straight stretch of rad we had, maxing out at about 300 m.
Volcan Arenal & La Fortuna
View of Arenal from the town of La Fortuna ... this is a fairly cloudless shot. I hope to go back at night, because the volcano has regular, even daily activity and at night you can see the rocks and explosions better, even lava sometimes.
"Close up" shot, not long after we heard a "bang"
View from roadside Cantina where we had lunch/dinner. It was cute, Flora was confused when I told her that yes Canada had mountians, but not where I lived. She said it would make for an odd skyline. She understands now why I can´t stop staring.
Picture of La Fortuna´s central park. The blue building int he distance is a tourist office with lots of wonderful information of whitewater rafting and ziplining. Apparently this area and Monteverde closeby are THE are for that.
Impressions for the day ...
- Wow, that is a cool volcano!
- New water handstand record = 2 minutes
- New skill = handstand in water with 1 arm
- Yay! San Ramon, I made it!
6 comments:
Forget the cottage (as peaceful and wonderful as it looks)...it's the volcano part I'm jealous about! =)
I've never been that close to a volcano that's still "active"...and continually showing signs of it.
Like the pictures though. Helps drive home the stories.
the pictures are very nice, mommy and daddy like them too. Daddy said "Kiana print them out" and i said "no....waste of paper" so he said "oh ok, moosh can print them" ...so apparently ure printin the pics cause its not a waste of paper for you lol. hey, what can i say our parents are old fashion. the volcano is very beautiful. i agree with christina very jealous. also the wooden sculptures were amazing...maybe i can work on some wood sculptures for my portfolio...hmmm :s...***FREAKING OUT!!!!***
I love the smoke billowing around the top center of the volcano! Its gorgeous!
What is zipling?
Ps. I love the vertical shot of the flower on the left side of your message board. Its gorgeous and such an estetique addition. Actually, I love the layout of your blog board altogether, minus the clocks, which are still quite jumpy for me.
Yeah, I liked the volcano...I like all the mountains period.
Kiana you should totally do a wood sculpture. Zip lining is when you are ina harness and you zoom through the forest canopy in it. It´s apparently a must try in Costa Rica.
And thank'you I am proud of the flower shot...unsure of the clocks myself, but I like having the different times on there...not sure...may try without.
Zip lining sounds amazing!
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