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Since I always forget what I have done I htought I would write a blog entry now. That way i would remember more.
After Granada we left for the lake island of omotepe. It is a small place located in the middle of this fresh water lake. It was really nice, although the flies were terrible. I have never experienced anything like it. They didnt bite thoguh which was lucky. The weather was boiling, so it was lucky we had the water about 10 metres from our room. There were optional treks up a volcanoe but pakaya was still fresh in my mind so I didnt feel any pressure to experience another volcanoe. We arrived in the afternoon, spent the remainder sun bathing and then in the evening had a nice meal as a group. It was the last time we were gonna see Tom before he went home so we were all drinking quite a bit, and when we went into our room and found the girls had toilet papered everyhwere, we were pretty eager to get revenge. It ended up with me getting the security man to let me into what I thought was Amy's room, (I said I had locked my key in), and then finding out it wasnt Amy's room,it was a random couple's room, who, even worse, were standing outside when i got out. As you can imagine, they were pissed off cos i had broken into their room and the security guard was pissed cos I had tricked him into letting me into the wrong room and may have cost him his job. It all got sorted out though after a bit of apologising. The next morning it was a bit awkward though when i saw the couple.
The next day was the day of the champions league cup final, which Andy was eagerly anticipating. Not to drag it out, they (Liverpool) lost, which saved me a lot of bragging that evening. The day after we left the island to go to San Jose. It was the day before my birthday, but becuase everyone was leaving, we decided to celebrte it that night. The guys all surprised me when i left my room for dinner, they had set up a course which led to presents, but I had to find my way with a blindfold on. It was a really cool surprise and the presents were nice. Andy being andy gave me porn.lol. I got a piece of cake at the restaurant, which was amzing. Even better was the night after, my real birthday, i got another cake.lol. Funnily enough it was the waitress's birthday as well. So I shared my blowing out priveleges with her.lol.
We had a free day in San Jose the day after, in which we looked round the markets. Costa Rica is so amazingly different to the other central american countries we have been to. It is so much more advanced, no indigenous poeple to see. Less than 1% are indigenous here and when you compare that to Guatemala, where it is 90% indigenous,it obvioualy makes for a different culture. The streets could have been Southampton so easily, full of big stores, mcdonalds and burger king. It is also a lot more expensive. The people are really nice though and dont speak that much english,if any, so i can still practice my spanish a bit.
Our first stop in San Jose was where we are now, Fortuna. It is a tiny little town, which is centred around a small gardens. It is really beautiful. They have a volcanoe (another one) which you can trek up. I say trek up, around the base. It is permanently active now so it is too dangerous to climb, it is random where the lava flows. Some of the group did that, a couple of us, including myself, were too lazy and decided to just get the van with the pizzas up. It was a good call thoguh according to Andy.lol. We all then proceeeded to the hot springs which were made out of natural hot water from the ground, but had been filtered into pools that made them a nice temperature. It was so nice to relax, you guys couldnt imagine what it was like, not to be harsh.
Today we had a nice lie in, until the maid woke everyone up at 10. She was b******ed by her boss though, its so out of order. We had a nice late breakfast and then caught a taxi to the local waterfall, la fortuna. It was awesome, so much water falling. I tried to get a nice picture of me doing a handstand in front of it, it worked but then i fell straight on my head.lol. everyone found it funny. Thats about all there is to say at the moment, you are right up to date on my travels, and i only have a coupe of weeks now, so maybe my penultimate entry.
Love to everyone.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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