Day three Double line : Double look

Chelsea and Corey again! We were also put in charge of day three J so here goes nothing. We woke up at our amazing hotel and ate breakfast. After that we started our interesting ride to Rio Celeste. We started our drive just like every other drive psycho people stopping randomly and the occasional cow walking by… but nothing could have prepared us for what was to come.(Corey) We started listening to our favorite British lady(or gps) to tell us to turn at this unpaved road. We actually missed it the first time. We turned on this road that wasn’t too bad at first but then our gps told us that we had to take it for 19km. Then all of a sudden it turned from a gravel road to a dirt road with massive divets and rocks. We were going so slow because it was so bumpy. Chelsea and I were getting tossed around in the back. We kept asking mom how much further we have. It seemed like a cannery assignment it would seem like we went 12km when we had only gone 1km. When we finally got to the reserve where the trail starts we could hardly believe that we actually made it.

We started our three hour long hike with our tour guide man from Belize. He had studied college in Tulsa. He knew so much about the plants and wild life in the forest. He taught us about plants that can do everything from wrap you fractured leg to help with your tumor. The best animal we learned about was the animal called the Tampere ( don’t quote me on the spelling for that one). It is a mix between a Rhino and a horse that live in the rain forest. We saw tracks from one so don’t think I’m crazy! We walked to a lago and waterfall that were bright blue! This is because of the chemicals that come from the magma from the volcano right above. We were able to sit in a part of the river. Not only is it bright blue but It is also warm. It bubbles like a Jacuzzi ! We also were able to walk down to the bottom of the waterfall and take some pictures. When we got back to our car our tour guide grabbed us (we were giving him a ride back to his village) to show us that there was a toucan in the tree.

(Corey)Our tour guide then hopped in the car with us and showed us a way that was less bumpy. He also showed us this cool magnetic field. Dad put the car in neutral and took his foot off the brake. The car started going up the hill at 20km an hour. The car was moving by itself. We then tried it going backwards. We dropped off our guide and started heading back for our hotel. Our guide told us to go through a town named Tenroi. We couldn’t find it so we ending up using our handy british lady, but it took what seemed like forever. Ok it was like an hour more than our guide told us, but we were all tired from the hike already.

This where we figured out a good saying for costa rica driving. It is called double line double look. If there are two solid lines then you look twice before you would pass the person in front of you. If it is a dotted line then you don’t even look you just pass. People also just randomly pull off the road and the only warning is they put their hazards lights on. It is crazy though because they are halfway out in the road. People always drive way fast(even though speeding ticket are around 600 dollars) passing all the time. Even dad starting doing the same thing.

This is Chelsea again! After we dropped off our tour guide we drove back to la fortuna which took like three hours because our tour guide told us some random road that we couldn't figure out. when we got back it was 6 and we hadn't ate all day... so we went to this restaurant that was called las brastillas (or something like that) . It was YUMMY! my mom corey and I ate some dulce de leche ( which is rice and milk ) . We came back to the hotel and basically crashed. That is day three for you!