Big Boy to Hiroshima, Come in Hiroshima

Name is from the bomb dropped in our toilet.

We got up this morning and went to a gigantic fig tree to watch birds. Fun, ish.

Then we went to our next hotel. Stopped along the way to watch 2 students from arizona university almost get eaten by aligators. Very nice pictures. And funny as well.

Now we are in a different hotel then Explorica has on website, but it´´s better. Only complaint is that we can´´t go outside after 7pm b-c Sr. Turner doesn´´t know the area well and is covering su mieda.

Peace for now.

By the way, Corry E. decided to get a 2week tattoo. Offered me one as well. I said now, but would have been cool. Maybe when im in US, not some little Costa Rican shop.

Alive Yet Again

Well, I survived to write this so it couldn´t be so bad.

Actually, it was a (·$$/· amazing view. We rode up and down hills for a spectacular view of hills and the Pacific.

Then, we did a ¨canter¨(a little slower then full gallop) back to the place. I went from 2nd to last to 4th in a group of around 14. Very veeeery fun, and smashing. I wont say what, but there was a lot of up and down.

Now we went to a giant old air field hangar now filled with palm trees and frogs. Lots of frogs. It was great.

Rainforest was acutally a little dissapointing with lack of anything but trees and birds, but still great. Cya.

Tchaikovsky At Night

We just got back from a tour of the Tropical Rain Forest, after an amazing breakfast. Very American lunch though. Off to horseback riding soon.

I´m just writing this because last night was awsome. I sat on a hill of grass leaning back with my bag as a pillow. No arial obstructions, just the stars and me. I laid back, put on my sun glasses, turned on some classics (1812 overture, Serenade for Strings, William Tell Overture...) and had fun. There was a very cold and invigorating wind blowing, not quite in sync with the songs, but adding a natural touch to each great piece. Loved it.

Really, that hill, for an hour, paradise.

Day IV, Meet Chino!

We started the day with a very good breakfast at our old hotel. Packed up and left. 14 miles later (and 6 hours) we were in our new hotel. The roads up Monte Verde are very bad. Have to go at 20km-hr (12 mi-hr). And it zigzags and does little circles a lot. But the best hotel I have ever stayed in. Digital Pics of it when I get back. Lets just say I´m glad I don´t have to pay the full price.

The road into the Cloud Forest was amazing. I said earlier that the pool place was paradise. It was man made. Where man failed in his granjure and majesty, nature surpassed him. Breathtaking. Lakes, Dams, Birds, Sloths, Volcanoe, ... ect. Simply breathtaking.

The best thing though is the breeze in a Cloud Forest. Always is one. Can wear a T-Shirt and be standing in a full head wind. Some need sweaters, but I love it. Perfect for me.

We went zip lining. 190m above the forest at some points, on lines up to 1980 m long going faster then a car on the autobon. Hand brakes...

Tarzan Jump section. Big tower. Jump off of it and swing hundreds of feet over nothing then the fun part, fly back to wall fast.

Amazing. Fast.

Wish I could do it every day.

Our cool bus driver (who did zip lines with us) has taken us into town. Sitting at an internet cafe built around a giant tree. Nice.

O yea, camera lid is sticking. Wont close. But since I keep it in a bag anyway, no worries.

Hmmm... Really though, our hotel treats us like a friggin king. Even the dinner chairs are ¨Royal¨. Tall, pieces cut out, different woods.... nice. Well gtg, cya.

Day III, The Day the Toilet Cried Murder

We started the day with a breakfast (deyasayuno) of pancakes and eggs. Good start. Apparently last night I kicked Corry a few times, but he kicked me back and I stoped... lol.

O yea, my luggage zipper broke but I fixed it with a knife. Lucky thing I brought one.

We went Kyaking. I got 1 of 2 single person ones. Sped all the way to an island in front of active volcano Arenal. Unfortunately, very cloudy. Couldn´t see anything but clouds, but we could hear the explosion of molten rock tumbling down a black mountain.

Ok... now on the way back I switched with Aiden so he could try the 1 man Kyak. Unfortunately, it was leaking. Ross and I had fun until that point, middle of the lake. Ross ditched the Kyak and rode as 3rd person on another Kyak and I rode the sinking one in Gondalier style standing on it.

We got back to the hotel, had an ok lunch, then went to a huge waterfalls. Although not illegal to swim in it, risk is yours alone as many people have died. I was only one to do it, and got all the way (ya) into the middle. Kept a rock as a reminder.

Then we went to an amazing hot-springs powered by the volcanoe itself. Great. Tropical paradise. I got alcholic drinks without the beer, but still good.

Going to go eat dinner now and go to bed. Don´t know what we are doing tommorow yet, but should be fun. Peace.

Costa Rica Day Two

Doobie doobie doo. Journal goes here. Today was great.

We went and saw the active volcanoe Poas after leaving San Jose. It was cool, a little far away, but closer then I thought they would let us get. We could smell the sulfur in the air.

My camera batteries died just after finishing shots of Poas, luckily the camera saved the images.

We had an ok breakfast, nothing special, but definitely better then dinner last night. I actually recieved my food. On the way to our next hotel, we stopped at an amazing waterfall. Not THAT amazing, but still very nice. Nicest waterfall I have ever seen. Listened to Cascada while I was looking at it and walking under it (Cascada == Waterfall en Espanol). Very nice.

Then we headed for hotel, and brakes failed. We got stopped next to a mom and pops store though. I learned more quantum physics, discussed the election, met some nice dogs, played a little soccer, and grabbed some sleep.

Hotel is great, and a very nice field/square in the center of town where we get to see a volcanoe constantly erupting lava. Very cool.

Local dogs near hotel have some kinda of sickness, so we can´t see them. Internet Cafe´s here. Our room is sweet. Thats all for now, cya.

PS, added later.
Forgot, we also visited a nice school for grades K-10(?). A high school student was visiting. The girls named him Mr. McCALIENTE. Too bad, he told us as we were leaving that he was studying to be a priest... haha.

Costa Rica

Hey from Costa Rica. My first diary entry goes here. Mantiquilla is butter. Desayuno is breakfast. Poro is peanut tree. Thats new vocab, now for the stuff.

Plane trip(s) were fun,but not the most enjoyable. Still, some good pics of Pacific and Atlantic, as well as Lake Nicuragua. The shorter ride, from El Salvador to Costa Rica was better flown.

By the way, their keyboard is slightly different here, where all the non alpha-numeric keys go is different, and shift.

We arrived at the Tennis Club, which is a great place. Tropical plants and a nice breeze everywhere. Tommorow we will visit a volcanoe and an elementary school. Tonight is pretty much just arriving, and a sweet resturant.

Excellent food, bad waiters. They kept serving me last, and then ate the food of the guy next to me by accident. Peace.