Sorry for no blog post yesterday. We were without Wi-Fi for the last 36 hours or so.
Anyway, on with the show...
On Tuesday, June 14th, we started out by eating a very American breakfast of pancakes with plenty of syrup (yummy!) before piling into two cars and a minibus and driving for about an hour-and-a-half to the Ecolodge where we stayed the night. On the way, we were stopped by a tree that had fallen across the power lines running by the road. We ended up walking past the sight while the two smaller cars drove around. It ended up taking us two trips to get to the Ecolodge, but we all made it sans injuries. After we got there, we were treated to a delicious lunch of rice, fried plantains, beans, and salad. We found out later that all the food that was served was grown organically at the lodge :) Then, we started our trek into the rainforest where we saw tons of plants with huge leaves, buttresses, and lots and LOTS of mud. Overall, it was very different from the dry forest since it rains pretty much all year (duh) so that means the trees never shed their leaves like they do in the tropical dry forest. WE WERE ON A VOLCANO!!!!!! A HUGE VOLCANO!!!!! The view was AMAZING and hiking up and down in the rain and mud was scary. On our way back, we stopped at the hot springs and smeared magical mud on our faces that's supposed to make our skin look 25 years younger (according to Eladio) ...so we now look like negative 9 year olds... and the teachers... look the same (lo siento). When we got back from the HOT springs we got to take COLD showers, but it's all good :) The rooms at the lodge were nice and comfy and CLEAN. Dinner was pasta. And then we went on a night hike, which was WONDERMAZING-DOOPER-COOL since we saw a red-eyed tree frog, a sphingid moth, a bunch of hairy caterpillars, a crab, a SPINY AS HECK tree (Katie was fine this time), a flower-that-you-need-to-massage-to-get-it-to-smell-like-anything, tiny tree frogs, and a common toad. Overall, the day was EXHAUSTING but very worth it (WE EXPECT HOT SPRINGS IN OUR BACKYARDS WHEN WE GET HOME).
Love,
1 & 1/2 Asians
(a.k.a. Monica Chen and Emily Reinherz )
5 comments:
Super bloggers! It looks like it is getting better and better for you! Honestly, you could have gotten the rain here...and plenty of mud. Great reporting and I hope that you are keeping those journals up to date. You will never forget this trip - FOR SURE!! Cheers and enjoy every minute!!
Great detailed write-up of your day. Did you save some of the magical mud to bring back home?
WOW it really sounds quite an experience you all are having there! We indeed missed you but we knew you couldn't post yesterday. We want to let you know know that we are very impressed with your vivid descriptions of what you saw and what you did over the last several days, - you all are fabulous writers!
We just had a look at the pictures, - the trip is getting better and better. Those pictures are just so beautiful, and Dr. Wood has got an eye of both a photographer and a naturalist!
Is there a way we can download them in orginal picture resolutions?
Another teriffic accounting of the day, all of you guys are awesome. I don't know if it's legal to import some of that mud through customs, but if it actually works, I think there might a few folks interested here...
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