Long time no see! So I guess I owe everyone a huge update. But you're all going to have to wait for a while to hear about surf camp because I now have my own computer and can show you pictures of my whole trip up to now. And I have 5 whole weeks in Guyana where I can't imagine there will be TOO much to add so I'm going to post the photos in stages (also because it takes some editing and I'm too lazy to do it all right away). Surf camp was awesome though. I surfed twice a day for 5 days straight and I'm pretty happy with my abilities! Yesterday afternoon was especially fun because the waves were pretty good for me (BIG and really sucky for anyone that's actually good and goes out to the furthest waves, but made some nice fast, consistent white water in where me and any other beginner surfs) and now that I can stand up pretty regularly I could just enjoy myself.
But again, more to come later.
Today I've decided to limit the pictures to Turrialba. I already got to add the white-water rafting pictures, so these are just the day and half or so other than that that I spent there, most of which was spent going to Volcan Turrialba.
This is the hotel I stayed at in Turrialba. Still one of the friendliest places I've been. Luis, who was the manager there was the most helpful person I've met in Costa Rica by far. And he cooked us AWESOME breakfasts!
The view from the upstairs of the hotel.
Volcan Turrialba on the way up (in the taxi)
The view from the top
Me in front of the active, steaming volcano crater. Notice I'm wearing long sleeves. This was one of the only times in the past 3 weeks that I was actually cold. We were up high!
One for my dad.
The crackers we shared with our cabbie got shared with the birds. Maybe not the most environmentally sound practice, but led to some cute pictures :-)
A cow just sort of hanging out on the road on the way down.
My friends Wade and Allison with Luis, the awesome manager I was talking about earlier. Our last night in Turrialba, Wade actually treated myself and Luis to dinner in a nice restaurant. What a treat! I also ran into them again in La Fortuna and then Monteverde, but I don't think I have any more pictures of them.
That's it for today. Stay tuned for more pictures, I promise they are coming! Tomorrow morning, Stacey and I are catching the 5:15am shuttle to the airport and are headed to Guyana via Miami. Getting in to Georgetown late at night then leaving for Annai early the next morning but after that we are settled for the rest of my trip.
Hasta Luego!
Kaila
3 comments:
Hola Kaila,
Enjoyed your pictures and stories as ever. How close was that lava?!
Mum
There wasn't actually any lava on this volcano. It was just steaming a lot. And we weren't actually allowed to get all that close either, even though we could plainly see paths with signs and everything in the (non-steaming part of the) crater. But alas, the park ranger wouldn't let us go past the view point you see me at there. I don't know the distance though... maybe a kilometer? no maybe less... who knows. Judge for yourself
Lovely flower
I think I saw one beside the Crazy Creek once.
Post a Comment