HEY COW! That one is in my favor. 1 for me, zero for you.
Normally I would title my posts in relation to the major theme of the subject, but this time it's going to be a little different. A bunch of us took an excursion to the active volcano Arenal and the Monte Verde Cloud Forest National Park. Both areas are extremely impressive. Gorgeous views as far as the eye can see of lush green hills.
As educational as the trip was, it was also a blast! Our tour guide, Alberto, had a good blend of ADD and expansive knowledge. You never knew what was going to come out of his mouth. The guys learned a lot more vocabulary than is taught in the school.
During one of our painful road trips in between Arenal and Monte Verde (think 1 1/2 hours of driving on dirt and rock covered roads), Alberto says, let's play a game. It's call, Hey Cow! He hangs out the window, as we are driving 10 miles an hour past a herd of cattle and starts screaming at each one, "HEY COW!" Most of the time the cow would turn and look at him. Each time a cow looks, he gets one point. Needless to say, our trip was spent yelling at cows everywhere. Even on the zip lines, where we were a couple hundred of feet above ground and cruising at about 35mph across a distance of a couple of hundred of feet, we were yelling at cows.
You learn to amuse yourself differently when in a new country. I imagine, while in D.C., I would be saying something along the lines of, "Hey Squirrel!" Although, instead of looking at me, I imagine they would flick me off.
Ok, enough of that nonsense.
Pictures!
Our first stop after the 5 hour bus ride from Samara to Arenal. An adult disneyland of a hot springs water park called, Baldi Springs. There were over 6 pools in varying degrees with waterslides. This was way more than we were expecting. I thought I was going to be sharing a pool with monkeys and other wildlife.
This is precision in swiss engineering in effect! One of our members, Fabrizio, came up with this brilliant solution as a replacement for a corkscrew.
You wanna fight?!
Jessie showing us how it is done on the rope swing. We made a quick pitstop for this 20 minutes of fun before heading off to the Monte Verde Cloud Forest.
Yup, you guessed it right! This is the Volcano Arenal.
Oh! How could I forget our ADD guide, Alberto? This picture says it all.
I'm seeing a pattern here. Theme = Animals :)
ReplyDeleteThese pictures are AWESOME!
ReplyDeleteAwesome pictures and stories. Missed you at the Turducken bash, but we'll have another one when you get back. We came to the realization that Thanksgiving isn't the only time its appropriate to eat three birds at once.
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