Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Day 8! Arrival at La Fortuna

Well, this morning was a sad goodbye to everybody at the Chilamate Rainforest Eco Lodge as we all headed out to the volcano in La Fortuna; however, it was such a nice surprise to get on the air conditioned van! We have not felt air conditioning since we left the airport in San Jose… After the 2 hour drive we arrived at the base of the huge volcano in La Fortuna.  We had no plans this afternoon until that evening when we went to the hot springs so we had plenty of time to swim, walk around, and enjoy the afternoon.  So we all walked about a mile down to the supermarket for some cookies and to a bunch of souvenir shops; however, we experienced first hand today just how quickly torrential downpours approach in the rainforest.  Five of us got caught on the one kilometer walk back and of course Lesley was the only one with a raincoat.  We were all absolutely soaked! Luckily all our food and cameras were spared in Lesley’s backpack.  Tonight we all went to the hot springs which was very, very relaxing and enjoyable considering our showers have been cold all week long.  We’re all looking forward to our hike to the waterfall and zipline across the volcano tomorrow - let’s hope it’s not TOO high!
~Chandler

 Gigantic Rhinoceros Beetle found outside the Eco Lodge
 The volcano!
After our stroll (aka a mile) in the rain

1 comments:

Katherine said...

That beetle is freakishly HUGE. Who is holding it?
I hope these next days are enjoyable and maybe not quite as wet. Wish I could do the zipline - that sounds awesome.
RevB

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