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Amanda and I signed ourselves up for an extreme hike today...a hike to the top of a volcano! An extreme hiker I'm not, so I was more nervous about this than repelling down a 220ft waterfall...
We were picked up by Jason our guide at 7:30 this morning. His first question was 'are you girls really good hikers?' just to get my nerves going a little more...he told us its about a 2 hour hike straight up Cerro Chato...you start out climbing the volcano walking on a path to the forrest, once you reach the forest its straight up and almost all stairs. They were right it was extreme! Amanda said at one point that this was the highlight of her vacation, my response 'then you're having more fun than I am' about 15 mins later I changed my tune, we were at the top!
You hike about 1700mts, and end up 1100 mts above sea level in the cloud forest. We then hiked another 120 mts straight down to the crater at the top. The crater was formed the last time the volcano erupted and the top caved in, it's now filled with pure water that is green because of the reflection from the trees and called the green lagoon. Jason asked 'when's the last time you swam at the top of a volcano?' that was my cue to jump in, when else would I get that opportunity?
After our swim, we started our trip back....it took about an hour and a half to hike back to the bottom...then we had a picnic lunch and off for another hike to La Fortuna waterfall...more stairs!! Again worth the work and our reward another swim!
This has been the unexpected highlight of my vacation, I'm sure my legs will be screaming tomorrow but for now I'm. It just on cloud 9 but cloud 1100!
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Janice sorry Co ..meant to be a five str rating ..this all sounds like a totally awesome trip you sound like you are hav ing such an amazing trip with lots of Great adventures WOW !!!all sounds soo cool except the hiking part ..lol ..anyway little darlin thanks for the updates it is great ..have a blast and Enjoy you sure are an adventurous and brave young women can't say as I would as a matter of fact I know I wouldn't have taken on such an adventure by myself ..ha !you go girl ...chat soon .keep us posted ..later xoxo