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The lovely Blue Morpho
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Our big adventure this weekend was to the Blue River Hotel, a hot springs resort in the middle of nowhere near yet another volcanic national park, Ricon de la Vieja (old hag's cauldron?). This was a surprise trip for the kids and they barely could handle the anticipation. The journey was well worth it, as it turned out. The pictures can almost speak for themselves.
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| Drinking and driving, pipa fria-style. |
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| Welcome to the cabina |
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| One of the four volcano-fed hot springs pools. All were cooled down a bit from the 158 degree "hot river". |
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| The "bullet" slide |
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| Torch Ginger in the amazingly stunning botanic garden |
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| The mariposario was filled with large Costa Rican butterflies. Due to popular demand, we visited three times in 24 hours. |
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| An extensive canal system takes hot and cold spring water through the resort. |
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| Watching the 20+ hummingbirds in the hummingbird garden buzz around, feed and jab at each other from feet away was an experience we will not soon forget. |
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| One of the non-fuzzy Heliconia plants we saw |
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| Just a bit of drama when smelling the volcanic mud bath mud for the first time |
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| Clean those pore and lose those toxins! |
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| Two weeks ago we said "stay out of the mud" but not today |
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| More tropical color |
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| Sully heads down to the Blue River |
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| Rincon de la Vieja and some local admirers on our way home |
What an amazingly gorgeous spot! This one must sum up the beauty and "exoticness" of Costa Rica! What a fabulous weekend surprise!!
ReplyDeleteLooks like such fun!! Glad to be able to follow your day to day adventures. :)
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