El Fortin in Heredia
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El Fortin in Heredia The construction is a military faux pas since the windows are narrow on the interior and wider on the exterior, making it easier for enemies to attack My friend, Mike, and his girl, Martza Making olla de carne at the school. I think it was the best meal I´ve had so far, it was that good. Mike making refresco de cas On the way to volcan barva, I thought this fence was kinda cool Volcan Barva; I don´t have the pics with me now, so pics of the volcano will be in the Costa Rica VII archives Sook and Taryn came to Costa Rica and I joined them for the weekend in Arenal; here´s Sook amazed by the size of the gigantic mango The hotel in San Jose where the girls stayed, or were supposed to stay until Taryn missed her flight Despite the delay with Taryn´s flight, we made it to La Fortuna and went on a night hike near Volcan Arenal. Here is a rattlesnake plant. Termites and their tunnel, which was broken by our guide so we could see the termites; the termites live in a nest on the tree A walking stick Leaf cutter ants; or at least the remains of them, as this is where Taryn accidentally stepped A red eyed tree frog, from a distance ... closer up Blue Jeans Poison Dart Frog The <a href="http://www.arenaloasis.com/">Arenal Oasis</a> night tour was the best thing in town A view of Volcan Arenal from our hotel - yes, you´re looking at the volcano as most tourists see it: completely enshrouded in clouds Sook and Taryn enjoying some refrescos Breakfast Golden macaws, which are not native to Costa Rica The 3rd most active volcano in the world; if you´re lucky, you can see red rocks tumbling down from the summit Despite its size, this tiny eyelash pit viper can kill humans At the Arenal Hanging Bridges Cecropia tree, the favorite tree of sloths This tree is known as the walking tree because it "walks" by growing roots on one side of the tree and letting roots on the other side die off The Blue Transparent Butterfly or Glasswing Butterfly At the Baldi natural hot springs Some of the pools were 160 degrees fahrenheit, it felt more like 211.5 degrees There were beds, slides, waterfalls, hammocks, and many tourists Gigantic bamboo At the market A pic that the girls took after I returned to San Joaquin; I never did see the top of the volcano in real life I got shysted and ended up with a fake bill; one is real and one is fake By the way, 10.000 colones is approximately $20 The bill on top is fake The following weekend, I went to San Jose - here´s some guys painting a feather I bought a feather depicting a blue jean poison dart frog Off topic, but I saw this in the window and thought it was worth a pic