We woke up on Friday to a beautiful morning in Arenal. Here is my family gazing at the lake.
The adventure of the day is hot springs for Fairy1, DadD, BB and AuntieL. MomT and Fairy2 are going to visit crocs, dart frogs and butterflies. Later on we planned a guided hike around the base of the volcano.
There were about 20 coati begging for food. These animals have been fed by humans who think they are cute but have lost the ability to forage on their own....bad humans.
Here are some leaf cutter ants hard at work.
poisonous dart frogs
Fairy2 enjoying some fresh coconut water after a little hike.
Fairy1 in the hot springs.
Fairy1 at the base of the volcano before our guided hike/tour.
The kid listening to our guide give history on the volcano's activity. This volcano was belived to be a mountain until 1968 when it errupted for the first time in 500 years. The locals did not notice the signs nature was giving them. The temp of the rivers reached above 100 degrees, the animals fled the area and the earth got warm. When it errupted it exploded huge boulders, not lava, and gave off poisonous gases which killed around 90 people. Since this time the volcano has been very active. Unfortunately for us the volcano was not completely visible and had not erupted for about 3 weeks. Oh well it is pretty much a hit or miss. We still got to hike the base and feel its mammoth existence.
As we started our hike the sky turned a very strange color and the sky dumped tons of rain on us. We had on our headlamp & rain gear and marched on. Here is a picture of the girls in front of quetzal nests. Yes they are soaking but they enjoyed the night's adventure. Fairy2 really liked jumping in the puddles.
Time for dinner. Fairy1 with her Comida Typical (typical food plate).
AuntieL with her non-typical comida???
This was a very interesting meal served in a coconut....lots of shell fish carcasses.
FYI
I can not figure out the spell check on the blog since everything is in spanish!
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