The hotel had a big breakfast waiting for us early since we were leaving to go waterfall rappelling. Driving up the mountains wasn't enough for us. We wanted to hang from ropes and bounce off the side! John and Joan opted for a milder activity. They went shopping.
Repelling around the volcano started with a ride in a 4x4 through the mountains and rainforest. The guides gave some brief instructions, then off we went to the top of a long waterfall. Andy and Molly initially opted out of this one, but the guides were so great, they got Molly to try again and she did it! Andy joined Molly, Di, Drew, and Alex for the last two rappels. We all loved rapelling down the waterfalls. Drew took pride in being the bravest one - he had no fear or reservations and trusted the ropes completely. Alex says he jumped off from the top of one, he hit a rock, bounced off a few times until he could get turned around to face the rock wall, and he thought it was just great (he is not injured at all). Molly loved getting soaking wet when she rappelled into the waterfall spray. I loved looking back up at the waterfall as she rappelled down. Andy's only regret is that he missed the first few - instead he got a backstage tour with the guides who pracitcally run down trails to meet the group at the bottom of each section (some guides are at the top and some at the bottom but the ones left on top have to run down and around to catch up after the group goes). We don't have any pictures because we gave the camera to the grandparents for their morning ... also it would've gotten soaked!
After rappelling, we had a little time in the hot springs and headed "Home."
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| Molly feeling the hot water at the hot springs |
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| the hot spring pool at our hotel |
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| oxen pulling a cart on the road |
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| a cow walking down the road |
The trip home was second-nature by now ... not too eventful except slowing down until it was safe to pass the oxen pulling the wagon. You'd think that was the craziest thing, but the school kids on their skateboards jumping off the balcony of a building and landing in the street stopped traffic too. We stopped in Liberia for a little ice cream and a coco frío. We had supper at the local "McDonald's." No, not really. Trust me, there's no McDonald's here. It's really called Restaurante Latino. It's just owned by someone named MacDonald. Andy found a delicious, new appetizer --patacones. It's neat hearing Drew, Alex and Molly ordering their food in Spanish. It's almost second-nature for them to come out with Buenos Días or Gracias. They're picking up bits little by little.
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