Erica Miner

first lunch of the trip

We basically travelled everywhere in CR by bus

First stop Cloud Forest, Monteverde

Ororsi

View of Orosi

The stray dog followed us all the way up.

Volcano Irazu

Volcano Irazu

Homestay family in Orosi with Mayoya

home stays house

Joan homestay bro

It's a double banana!

Hike up to waterfall

Waterfall!

Walking up to Coffee farmers house

Coffee farmers house

Coffee beans

Pink bananas=poisonous

Pacuares River rafting

We were the Louis, Oscar y las Chicas team! 3 day glamping/rafting trip.

Lunch break, Pacuare river rafting

Going to El Zota on a army truck

Heading to Punta Mona

Punta Mona, farm

We harvested 30 species of greens to make a super nutrient rich, vibrant salad.

Tatting up, with tropical fruit dye

We used a dye of a tropical fruit (I don't know what the name was) at first it's a clear/white liquid substance. When it dries, after a while it turns into a dark blue or black color. We painted tattoos all over our arms and legs.

Punta Mona morning hike

Valentines day, Cacao beans

We made cacao balls from cacao seeds taken from the Punta Mona garden, to celebrate valentines day.

Roasting Cacao

Cacao eating ceremony

Good Bye Punta Mona

Palm tree plantations

On our way to Cumpanario

Swimming through rivers and oceans

Dolphin watching

tornado over the ocean.

tornado

While on our dolphin search we came upon this tornado which was spiraling on the ocean water. Without really thinking, we all just jumped into the water with our life jackets. It was a very small tornado and so we would try to swim into the middle/eye of it. When you swam your way into the eye, it was calm but when you were spurted out, you would have to face away to avoid the spray of salty water getting into your eyes.

We were looking for spotted, bottle nose and spinner dolphins. I was just barely able to see them because most of the ride I was sea sick.

Last day of our trip around CR

My favorite fruit of the day is pineapple.

Divine with a dog?!?!!