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What we saw first thing in the morning... Volcan Arenal!
Date: 12/17/2005
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The town of La Fortuna from atop Hotel San Bosco
Date: 12/17/2005
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And Jigsha came, too!
Date: 12/17/2005
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People having breakfast next to us in La Fortuna
Date: 12/17/2005
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The opposite street corner from breakfast... this is just a terrible caption.
Date: 12/17/2005
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Kent at breakfast
Date: 12/17/2005
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Frutas con leche y jugo de naranja
Date: 12/17/2005
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A toothy representative from the News Sentinel
Date: 12/17/2005
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Hmmm.... Gallo Pinto for breakfast
Date: 12/17/2005
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So that's what two tons of Imperial Beer looks like
Date: 12/18/2005
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The open-air lobby of Hotel San Bosco
Date: 12/18/2005
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Hotel San Bosco's lovely parking lot, it had grass growing between a grid of concrete
Date: 12/18/2005
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Hotel San Bosco's courtyard
Date: 12/18/2005
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Hotel San Bosco's courtyard
Date: 12/18/2005
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Scenes in La Fortuna
Date: 12/18/2005
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Scenes in La Fortuna
Date: 12/18/2005
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Walking around La Fortuna
Date: 12/18/2005
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La Fortuna's bus stop
Date: 12/18/2005
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La Fortuna's church
Date: 12/18/2005
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Scenes in La Fortuna
Date: 12/18/2005
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Driving to the waterfall
Date: 12/18/2005
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Driving to the waterfall
Date: 12/18/2005
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Massive tree
Date: 12/18/2005
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On the road
Date: 12/18/2005
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Cloud formations
Date: 12/18/2005
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Scenes on the drive
Date: 12/18/2005
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Open lush green fields
Date: 12/18/2005
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Scenes along the drive
Date: 12/18/2005
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A school
Date: 12/18/2005
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A school - better color
Date: 12/18/2005
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Sugarcane juice at a roadside stand
Date: 12/18/2005
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She was very kind and inviting
Date: 12/18/2005
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The juice was tasty and thin. Interesting difference from Madras Sarvana Bhavan
Date: 12/18/2005
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First view of the waterfall at the base of the volcano
Date: 12/18/2005
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View of the volcano from the lookout point
Date: 12/18/2005
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You just can't keep her from getting in front of the camera
Date: 12/18/2005
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Jigsha and the waterfall
Date: 12/18/2005
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Kent and the waterfall
Date: 12/18/2005
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Kent and the waterfall
Date: 12/18/2005
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The beginning of the long path to the base of the waterfall
Date: 12/18/2005
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Leaves on the waterfall trail
Date: 12/18/2005
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Steps to the waterfall
Date: 12/18/2005
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There were so many different shaped plants in Costa Rica
Date: 12/18/2005
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Close up of the leaves
Date: 12/18/2005
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Greenery - as you can tell, I don't know what else to say
Date: 12/18/2005
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Path to waterfall
Date: 12/18/2005
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Path to waterfall - it was very steep
Date: 12/18/2005
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View of the cliffs
Date: 12/18/2005
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The steep hike was well worth it
Date: 12/18/2005
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Whoosh!
Date: 12/18/2005
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Strong tumbling water
Date: 12/18/2005
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The current seemed very strong
Date: 12/18/2005
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Hello!
Date: 12/18/2005
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Hmm .... Jigsha is blocking the view of the waterfall
Date: 12/18/2005
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Good light
Date: 12/18/2005
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Kent
Date: 12/18/2005
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Very powerful
Date: 12/18/2005
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Rocks at the base
Date: 12/18/2005
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The Chaco sandals we bought were great on the trip
Date: 12/18/2005
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"Nap"
Date: 12/18/2005
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Yeah
Date: 12/18/2005
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There are monkeys everywhere in Costa Rica... we even spotted a few Gujarati yard apes (like this one)
Date: 12/18/2005
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Much better portait of us two
Date: 12/18/2005
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We are such camera hogs near a waterfall
Date: 12/18/2005
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The lovely pool around the bend from the waterfall that Jigsha went swimming in
Date: 12/18/2005
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Jigsha scoping out the pool
Date: 12/18/2005
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The many fish in the pool
Date: 12/18/2005
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Fishes
Date: 12/18/2005
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Jigsha gets in
Date: 12/18/2005
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Jigsha giving disapproving looks to the extremely large breasted young Costa Rican woman
Date: 12/18/2005
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Kent prefers dry land
Date: 12/18/2005
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Well maybe a dipped toe is all the pool will get
Date: 12/18/2005
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Happy Kent
Date: 12/18/2005
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Not show: Jigsha worried she would drop the camera in the water
Date: 12/18/2005
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Trying to photograph the fish
Date: 12/18/2005
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Kent walking up to the rock
Date: 12/18/2005
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Getting on the rock
Date: 12/18/2005
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Posing on the rock
Date: 12/18/2005
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And posing again on the rock
Date: 12/18/2005
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It's a mighty fine view from back here
Date: 12/18/2005
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Oh, hello! Which TV are you with?
Date: 12/18/2005
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Jigsah in the water
Date: 12/18/2005
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In the water again. It was cold. But cool knowing fishes swam next to her
Date: 12/18/2005
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Trees
Date: 12/18/2005
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Vines
Date: 12/18/2005
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Kent was trying to use a special feature on the camera.
Date: 12/18/2005
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The waterfall
Date: 12/18/2005
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Volcan Arenal
Date: 12/18/2005
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It's so picturesque
Date: 12/18/2005
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Volcan Arenal
Date: 12/18/2005
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Horses
Date: 12/18/2005
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Driving over Lake Arenal's dam
Date: 12/18/2005
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Pleasant all around
Date: 12/18/2005
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Pretty view
Date: 12/18/2005
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Kent driving near Lake Arenal
Date: 12/18/2005
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Santa Claus
Date: 12/18/2005
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No... wait... Santa Claus?! It doesn't look like December...
Date: 12/18/2005
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What's that?!
Date: 12/18/2005
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It's our first encounter with the coati that live near the Arenal Dam
Date: 12/18/2005
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And they like bread!
Date: 12/18/2005
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In the tree, there is a very loud song bird
Date: 12/18/2005
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The view of Lake Arenal from the creepy Swiss restaurant
Date: 12/18/2005
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Parking lot of Los Heroes
Date: 12/18/2005
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Hotel Los Heroes
Date: 12/18/2005
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Flags on the patio and a view of the lake
Date: 12/18/2005
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Notice on their placemat... wait... a placemat in Costa Rica!?
Date: 12/18/2005
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Anyhow, notice the train path on the not to scale map... the hotel had it's own train system
Date: 12/18/2005
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Creepy Los Heroes
Date: 12/18/2005
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Our food. It wasn't that good. My curry had weird tinned fruit in it
Date: 12/18/2005
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And at the counter we were suprised to find that Jimmy Carter had been there
Date: 12/18/2005
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Jimmy Carter gets around
Date: 12/18/2005
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Carters on the hotel train
Date: 12/18/2005
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Former President Carter enjoyed his food.
Date: 12/18/2005
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Headed back towards La Fortuna, we played with the coati again
Date: 12/18/2005
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We thought there would only be one, but a whole bunch of coati came running out
Date: 12/18/2005
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Kent gave them some of our old bread
Date: 12/18/2005
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They really enjoyed it. Though we weren't sure if it was good for their diet
Date: 12/18/2005
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Kent fell in love with them,
Date: 12/18/2005
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They didn't impress Jigsha too much
Date: 12/18/2005
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Finally we were able to get back on our way
Date: 12/18/2005
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Arenal Volcano
Date: 12/18/2005
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Kent drinks fresh coconut juice
Date: 12/18/2005
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Pineapple straight from the bag, bought from men at the Arenal Dam
Date: 12/18/2005
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Tabacon... it was so much fun that we only took a few pictures
Date: 12/18/2005
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Tabacon lies around the bend
Date: 12/18/2005
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This tree was about 20 feet tall... notice the branches hanging into the steamy volcano water
Date: 12/18/2005
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Kent enjoys a Jack and Coke in the poor bar
Date: 12/18/2005
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One of Jigsha's many attempts to take a clear photo
Date: 12/18/2005
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Another of Jigsha's many attempts to take a clear photo
Date: 12/18/2005
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Kent enjoyed his drink a lot
Date: 12/18/2005
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One of Tabacon's pool bars
Date: 12/18/2005
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The slide was for children only. Oh yeah, Jigsha went down it.
Date: 12/18/2005
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Kent's happy face from the drink
Date: 12/18/2005
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The pool looked great at night
Date: 12/18/2005
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The water wasn't even that cold
Date: 12/18/2005
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Feet in the water
Date: 12/18/2005
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How's we felt.: all woozy and relaxed
Date: 12/18/2005
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Note the happy smile
Date: 12/18/2005
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In the pool
Date: 12/18/2005
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Kent in the pool
Date: 12/18/2005
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Palm trees against the deep blue sky
Date: 12/18/2005
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Another version
Date: 12/18/2005
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Looking up from paradise
Date: 12/18/2005
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The pool bar
Date: 12/18/2005
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Jigsha relaxing at the wonderful Tabacon
Date: 12/18/2005
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Hot springs and waterfalls
Date: 12/18/2005
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Hot springs and waterfalls - dark
Date: 12/18/2005
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Hot springs and waterfalls - dark
Date: 12/18/2005
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A sight to behold - hot springs and waterfalls
Date: 12/18/2005
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The book describes it like Eden. We concur
Date: 12/18/2005
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Tabacon logo
Date: 12/18/2005
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Tabacon logo
Date: 12/18/2005
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Tabacon logo
Date: 12/18/2005
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A look through to one of Tabacon's massage areas. Jigsha loved the screen doors
Date: 12/18/2005
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Not sure
Date: 12/18/2005
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Another hot spring
Date: 12/18/2005
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Path to many hot springs
Date: 12/18/2005
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Hot springs
Date: 12/18/2005
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You could sit under the falling water and let it massage your shoulders
Date: 12/18/2005
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Aaaahhhhh
Date: 12/18/2005
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Tabacon
Date: 12/18/2005
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Tabacon
Date: 12/18/2005
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Tabacon
Date: 12/18/2005
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Jigsha sits on the ledge
Date: 12/18/2005
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These falls were very hot!
Date: 12/18/2005
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Different springs had different levels of heat intensity
Date: 12/18/2005
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Jigsha in a Tabacon hot spring
Date: 12/18/2005
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Needless to say, we don't know much about taking photographs near hot springs
Date: 12/18/2005
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Tabacon
Date: 12/18/2005
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Kent
Date: 12/18/2005
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Jigsha - grimacing under the heat
Date: 12/18/2005
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Smiles!
Date: 12/18/2005
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A little tired now
Date: 12/18/2005
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The hot springs make you sleepy
Date: 12/18/2005
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Ok .... enough with the photos!
Date: 12/18/2005
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Kent in the pool
Date: 12/18/2005
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He fared better than Jigsha in the hot spring
Date: 12/18/2005
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Both of us were pretty tired by now. And it was only around 6:30 p.m.!
Date: 12/18/2005
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Kent at Tabacon Hot Springs
Date: 12/18/2005
Views: 315
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Unhhhh... not sure
Date: 12/18/2005
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The Christmas program at La Fortuna's church the Sunday before
Date: 12/18/2005
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Church
Date: 12/18/2005
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Church
Date: 12/18/2005
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Dinner at a Mexican restaurant in La Fortuna
Date: 12/18/2005
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Buffalo chicken fajitas. This was the only "Mexican" food we had on the trip
Date: 12/18/2005
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Jigsha at dinner
Date: 12/18/2005
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The great duet at the Mexican restaurant
Date: 12/18/2005
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The duet were amazing. They played a lovely rendition of "Yesterday"
Date: 12/18/2005
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We left a few Colones for them. If they had CDs we would have bought one.
Date: 12/18/2005
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Real Estate sign for Amir
Date: 12/18/2005
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Kent photographing the hotel mirror
Date: 12/18/2005
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Our little room at Hotel San Bosco
Date: 12/18/2005
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