time for part II of my weekend fabulous-ness. over the weekend, we went on an excursion to visit the famous and very active volcano arenal. while i was bummed that i didn't get to see any flowing lava, normal people would all agree that is a good thing. (i am a geology freak! bring on the plate tectonics. bring on the disaster movies. i love it all!) i'm really just trying to build your anticipation though, because you don't get those photos until tomorrow. we drove for a good part of the day on saturday, stopping at several tourist attractions and cute little town centers (which included several churches) along the way...so that is what you get to see today! enjoy!
the world's biggest (and most beautiful, if you ask me) ox-cart. located in the town of sarchi. look it up! it's in the guinness world book.
the whole gang! (well, the six of us who went, and gustavo is taking the picture.)
some life-sized bonzai trees make the little town of grecia a very ethereal attraction. the church and view from it were gorgeous!
(i know, the red letters are a little creepy. but i did NOT super-impose them, they were hanging there! i need to zoom in, translate, and figure out what they mean.)
hey, this is the closest i can get to rio at this point. i had to take one of these shots.
as usual, we had an amazing lunch of carne typico (i got pollo), arrozo y frijoles, platanos, and more. yum!
we saw him after lunch. an iguana in real nature. they ARE hard to find!
hola maestro gustavo!just you wait, volcano pictures are up next...
So, I have to post this. You said you are a geology freak. And as your sister, can I please share a tidbit from childhood? Yes, Abigail found a rock at camp one summer (it rolled down a hill behind her and she claimed it was following her) and she brought it home and named it Fred. Yep, that's right. She's such a geology freak that she had a pet rock named, Fred. Gotta love it!
ReplyDeletethe creepy red letters mean "Blessed is your name forever, God my king".
ReplyDeleteThe red letters were hanging there? Like inside the church or just when you developed the picture? Cause THAT would be really creepy...like a message from God or something.
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