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The bathroom at Hotel San Bosco
Date: 12/18/2005
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This was yipping from the beginning of our breakfast until the very end
Date: 12/18/2005
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Roadside soda just north of La Fortuna
Date: 12/18/2005
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What a waterslide for such a small restaurant
Date: 12/18/2005
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Trees on the drive to the zipline
Date: 12/18/2005
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On the road
Date: 12/18/2005
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Kent driving
Date: 12/18/2005
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Driving out of La Fortuna, around the volcano to Sky Trek (the zip line place)
Date: 12/18/2005
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Hills
Date: 12/18/2005
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Cows have places to go, too
Date: 12/18/2005
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This reminded JIgsha of India
Date: 12/18/2005
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A nice fence
Date: 12/18/2005
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Hurry along, cows!
Date: 12/18/2005
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See ya later!
Date: 12/18/2005
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Sugar cane near the volcano
Date: 12/18/2005
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Our road to the Sky Trek zip line tours
Date: 12/18/2005
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Our trusty bag... we got almost everything in there
Date: 12/18/2005
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A neat stream coming down from the volcano
Date: 12/18/2005
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Jigsha, getting ready for the zip lines
Date: 12/19/2005
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The equipment was all made by Petzl, mui impressivo!
Date: 12/19/2005
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Giant albino dork to the rescue! Up and away!
Date: 12/19/2005
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Looking down from our tram ride up the mountain... those trees are all 100-150' tall.
Date: 12/19/2005
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What a long way down
Date: 12/19/2005
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Look at all of the plant life growing on the side of the trees!
Date: 12/19/2005
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Lake Arenal off in the distance
Date: 12/19/2005
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Howler monkey, well, uh... howling, I guess.
Date: 12/19/2005
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A guide spotted a monkey in the tree
Date: 12/19/2005
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Howler monkey
Date: 12/19/2005
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See how many different types of plants you can count
Date: 12/19/2005
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Howler monkey
Date: 12/19/2005
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What an amazing seed pod on that tree! It was nearly 5' long.
Date: 12/19/2005
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It was amazing how so many plants actually grew on trees
Date: 12/19/2005
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Looks like a storm
Date: 12/19/2005
Views: 378
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Uh oh -- should we be flying in the jungle like Tarzan now?
Date: 12/19/2005
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We're beginning to get waaaay up there.
Date: 12/19/2005
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The clouds moved fast so we were OK
Date: 12/19/2005
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At the top
Date: 12/19/2005
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The finest German tram equipment, only one year old
Date: 12/19/2005
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The view from on top
Date: 12/19/2005
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The views were breathtaking
Date: 12/19/2005
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Pulley mechanics
Date: 12/19/2005
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The rest of our group
Date: 12/19/2005
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We look like outdoor miners
Date: 12/19/2005
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We were both psyched
Date: 12/19/2005
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The Stanford girls wanted to take our photo by the trees
Date: 12/19/2005
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Hello!
Date: 12/19/2005
Views: 363
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The wire were would travel
Date: 12/19/2005
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One of the girls in our group freaked out a little and didn't ride the zip lines
Date: 12/19/2005
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Kent. Waaaaay out on the line and coming in fast.
Date: 12/19/2005
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Jigsha took the photo too late
Date: 12/19/2005
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Our fearless leader.
Date: 12/19/2005
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How it works
Date: 12/19/2005
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The landing station
Date: 12/19/2005
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Kent on his way, about to land
Date: 12/19/2005
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This is how beautiful every single thing in the whole country was.
Date: 12/19/2005
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Getting ready to "fly"
Date: 12/19/2005
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Going... going ... gone!
Date: 12/19/2005
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Jigsha ponders Kenya's geopolitics
Date: 12/19/2005
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No, silly! She's just excited about the zip lines!
Date: 12/19/2005
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Kent's pretty happy too
Date: 12/19/2005
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The amazing Arenal volcano, taken from the West side
Date: 12/19/2005
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The Volcano. It was hard taking a clear photo of the volcano
Date: 12/19/2005
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It's just sooo hard to take pictures of a volcano at the continental divide on a cloudy day
Date: 12/19/2005
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Sky Trek's info on our zip lines
Date: 12/19/2005
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Check out the distances and heights of those zip lines!
Date: 12/19/2005
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The tram motor
Date: 12/19/2005
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Some mechanical thing (as you know, Kent did not write this caption)
Date: 12/19/2005
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Coati near Lake Arenal's dam
Date: 12/19/2005
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Look at the coati reaching for the food
Date: 12/19/2005
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How Kent loved the little coati
Date: 12/19/2005
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They're like racoons, but so much better
Date: 12/19/2005
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Jigsha refused to feed them and took photos
Date: 12/19/2005
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"Please, sir. I want some more"
Date: 12/19/2005
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One coati almost scratched Kent in its haste to get food
Date: 12/19/2005
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They're pretty smart creatures
Date: 12/19/2005
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And they look funny with their tails up
Date: 12/19/2005
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They know Kent's the man
Date: 12/19/2005
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Look at how they go!
Date: 12/19/2005
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Kent doesn't tire of feeding them
Date: 12/19/2005
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Done with the coati, and now off ot Monteverde
Date: 12/19/2005
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I never recalled such pure blue skies . Wow.
Date: 12/19/2005
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Best view of the volcano... while on the road North of Lake Arenal
Date: 12/19/2005
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This could be another postcard picture
Date: 12/19/2005
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And another. It sucked that we weren't able to get a clear view of the volcano whilein La Fortuna
Date: 12/19/2005
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On the road to Monteverde
Date: 12/19/2005
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A story posted at a col gift shop
Date: 12/19/2005
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We photographed it so we could find it online here Seemed to be anti-Bush
Date: 12/19/2005
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Lovely crafts from all over Costa Rica... unfortunately priced for Californian galleries
Date: 12/19/2005
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Pottery at the gift shop
Date: 12/19/2005
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Really amazing woodwork
Date: 12/19/2005
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That mask looks so happy.
Date: 12/19/2005
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The gift shop was also knows for its chocolate brownies. Yum!
Date: 12/19/2005
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Kent liked the blankets/shawls
Date: 12/19/2005
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Really talented woodwork
Date: 12/19/2005
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It's crazy knowing that's all just one piece of wood
Date: 12/19/2005
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Jigsha abusing a puppy
Date: 12/19/2005
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Imagine the prettiest place to break down on Earth... this is it!
Date: 12/19/2005
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The car broke down at the top of the hill up there
Date: 12/19/2005
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With all the pretty landscaping, there was nothing else but a parking lot at the top
Date: 12/19/2005
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The view from the breakdown
Date: 12/19/2005
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We rolled the car the whole way back down
Date: 12/19/2005
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Jigsha ran behind the car
Date: 12/19/2005
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Little flower
Date: 12/19/2005
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Little flower
Date: 12/19/2005
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Jigsha, quite displeased with the $50 German lunch
Date: 12/19/2005
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Where I was standing while talking to Dad on the phone at the German bakery
Date: 12/19/2005
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German restaurant
Date: 12/19/2005
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German restaurant
Date: 12/19/2005
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Dessert and coffee at the German restaurant
Date: 12/19/2005
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The German restaurant's gift shop. Pricey
Date: 12/19/2005
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For everyone that asked how the 3rd world country was...
Date: 12/19/2005
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Yeah, those are high-dollar Dutch wind-powered generators
Date: 12/19/2005
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Dusk
Date: 12/19/2005
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From a hilltop near Nuevo Arenal at sunset
Date: 12/19/2005
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Same hilltop
Date: 12/19/2005
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Same hilltop
Date: 12/19/2005
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Same hilltop
Date: 12/19/2005
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Same hilltop
Date: 12/19/2005
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Same hilltop - Jigsha back in the car
Date: 12/19/2005
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Same hilltop
Date: 12/19/2005
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Same hilltop
Date: 12/19/2005
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Like I said, the roads are just hellish
Date: 12/19/2005
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Really, this is quite representative of the roads there.
Date: 12/19/2005
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Wish I'd brought my bathing suit.
Date: 12/19/2005
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Real Estate for sale (for Amir)
Date: 12/19/2005
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Windmills
Date: 12/19/2005
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A gas station in Tilaran.
Date: 12/19/2005
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A gas station in Tilaran.
Date: 12/19/2005
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El Banco
Date: 12/19/2005
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Random street scene
Date: 12/19/2005
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Signs in Tilaran
Date: 12/19/2005
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On the road
Date: 12/19/2005
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That's at a 30-degree slant up ahead and covered with big rocks
Date: 12/19/2005
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Us, going at 40 miles per hour off into the darkness along the edge of cliffs
Date: 12/19/2005
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Our tiny room in Santa Elena! We finally made it after a 1.5 hour long wrong turn.
Date: 12/19/2005
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Jigsah reading about Santa Elena
Date: 12/19/2005
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Our tiny bathroom
Date: 12/19/2005
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The doorway+
Date: 12/19/2005
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It was cold there.
Date: 12/19/2005
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These are outside every building
Date: 12/19/2005
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Note the stuffed animals hanging from the ceiling
Date: 12/19/2005
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The chef here was so very friendly
Date: 12/19/2005
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Behind Jigsha, the rude French people.
Date: 12/19/2005
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Free chicken soup!
Date: 12/19/2005
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Our meal - some pasta, gallo pino, salad, plantainsm chicken and more
Date: 12/19/2005
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Jigsha looking the decorations on the ceiling
Date: 12/19/2005
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Jigsha happy with her meal
Date: 12/19/2005
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