We are finding it a little difficult getting our heads around the fact that we have a new group and guide. Obviously at the moment nothing is a good as we have had!
We had a quick tour around San Jose - nothing really exciting! We soon headed out of the city and arrived at a place called Cartago - I think this was going to be the capital at one stage. We ventured in to the Basilica where morning Mass was being conducted - I even found myself singing the Amen, thank you St Mary’s!
We continued winding our way up the mountain to our lunch stop. A very impressive view greeted us! We decided that a snack - local cheese - and wine needed to be bought so we went next door to the restaurant and many delights were on display - I wish I’d bought chocolate!
About 5 minutes after we left the restaurant we saw some people standing in the road - not something you’d normally do here! Reason they were in the road - a sloth was moving along the telegraph wire! So unexpected as they tend to be very lazy in the day time! We all piled out of the bus and basically stopped traffic so that we could get our best shots. Even our guide, Zender, was excited and our driver was one of the first out! It truly was an awesome experience and we followed the sloth’s journey until she (that’s what we were told!) eventually found a tree and left the wire - the tree then hid her from sight.
The journey continued upward before we took a turning and started down a very narrow,windy road. Passing another vehicle was performed with great caution - luckily we weren’t on the side with the huge drop! After about 7kms of this we looked down on our accommodation and it looked spectacular! We are miles from anywhere, there is a river running by and gardens of different flowers.
You could tell that you were at a high elevation as you huffed and puffed your way to your room!
Valda and I took a walk to a waterfall through the woodland. It was very peaceful with just the sounds of birds and running water.
Dinner was in the hotel restaurant - the nearest place to eat from here is a 3 km trek up hill! No taxis either! The food was very good and the group started to get to know each other.
On returning to our room we found that a heater had been turned on and a hotwater bottle was in our bed! It gets down to about 3C at night!
We had a quick tour around San Jose - nothing really exciting! We soon headed out of the city and arrived at a place called Cartago - I think this was going to be the capital at one stage. We ventured in to the Basilica where morning Mass was being conducted - I even found myself singing the Amen, thank you St Mary’s!
We continued winding our way up the mountain to our lunch stop. A very impressive view greeted us! We decided that a snack - local cheese - and wine needed to be bought so we went next door to the restaurant and many delights were on display - I wish I’d bought chocolate!
About 5 minutes after we left the restaurant we saw some people standing in the road - not something you’d normally do here! Reason they were in the road - a sloth was moving along the telegraph wire! So unexpected as they tend to be very lazy in the day time! We all piled out of the bus and basically stopped traffic so that we could get our best shots. Even our guide, Zender, was excited and our driver was one of the first out! It truly was an awesome experience and we followed the sloth’s journey until she (that’s what we were told!) eventually found a tree and left the wire - the tree then hid her from sight.
The journey continued upward before we took a turning and started down a very narrow,windy road. Passing another vehicle was performed with great caution - luckily we weren’t on the side with the huge drop! After about 7kms of this we looked down on our accommodation and it looked spectacular! We are miles from anywhere, there is a river running by and gardens of different flowers.
You could tell that you were at a high elevation as you huffed and puffed your way to your room!
Valda and I took a walk to a waterfall through the woodland. It was very peaceful with just the sounds of birds and running water.
Dinner was in the hotel restaurant - the nearest place to eat from here is a 3 km trek up hill! No taxis either! The food was very good and the group started to get to know each other.
On returning to our room we found that a heater had been turned on and a hotwater bottle was in our bed! It gets down to about 3C at night!
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