Today we left Nosara and drove NE to a National Park called Rincon de la Vieja.
We hired a guide Hugo who led us on a 3 hour hike. We learned about different species of snakes and other animals indigenous to Costa Rica. We even saw a rattlesnake and lots of little green lizards. There were lots and lots of stairs which we divided and conquered. We also learned about the 4 different types of tropical forests. Cloud forest, Rain forest, moist forest and dry forest. We saw a bunch of Killer trees that latch onto healthy trees and kill them by blocking the sun to the healthy tree. As we were leaving we saw a group of white faced monkeys. We survived the hike after spotting the rattlesnake.
After the hike we checked into our hotel called Canyon de la Vieja Lodge. Some of us went to the pool and others took hot showers for the 1st time this week due to water was cold from previous hotel. BRRR!
We are enjoying a great meal at the hotel restaurant.
Submitted by Jean Hepner
