Costa Rica was the first stop. san jose was kinda sketchy so we left the city for some volcanoes. Volcan Poas was semi-active and sulphur smelly. But Volcan Arenal is quite active. Only lots of lava spewing equals lots of steamy clouds as seen below. But dont worry, the lava is up there.
volcan poas
volcan arenal
it was awesome to finally be in a tropical rainforest. saw wild monkeys, jungle turkeys, lizards, and snakes.
howler monkey
i did a bit of zip-lining in the Monteverde cloud forest. The longest line was 600m at 300m above the forest floor
went to the beach on the pacific coast. here i drank coconut milk and donated my watch to poseidon.
its fun practicing my spanish but andrea is doing most of the speaking. i´m stuck using few verbs and all present tense. my favorite food here has been platanos. there are fried plantanes and they are delicious. they are also very delicious.
PERU
We went to the airport to say goodbye to costa rica and were denied. there was apparently a huge storm in peru the day before and all the flight were delayed a day. so the result after many toiling hours was:
1. free room in San Jose
2. free room in Lima
3. flight vouchers to use with United airlines
4. we had to buy a flight to Cusco, Peru from Lima
our hotel in lima was awesome. there was a giant atrium right out the front door that happened to be hosting a boxing match the night we were there.
we flew to Cusco the next day. there was a guy from the tour agency that was holding a sign with our names on it. i´ve never had that happen before. the next day we began our inca hike. it was on the Lares trek through the Andes. its a bit steeper and less touristy than the Inca trail.
here is the start
we hiked with an irish couple on their homeymoon. we went up to about 14000ft from 11500ft (Reno is about 4500ft). Andrea got chased by fighting llamas. it was funny.
Silver Cross Glacier
14000ft
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