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Heliconia
Heliconia flower
snake!! Hand shaking too much to get a good photo
Spot the bird
There he is
Eyelash Viper
Eyelash viper – again hand shaking too much as had to get pretty close!
Spot the snake
There he is
Hummingbird mum and chick
Hummingbird mum and chick
If you knew how far away this was and how tiny they are you will realise this is an amazing photo!
White nosed coati
White nosed coati
White nosed coati
Lake Arenal
Volcano Arenal (beneath the cloud!)
Walk to Cerro Chato from Arenal Observatory
Walk to Cerro Chato from Arenal Observatory
Walk to Cerro Chato from Arenal Observatory
Walk to Cerro Chato from Arenal Observatory (the nice bit!)
Walk to Cerro Chato from Arenal Observatory (the nice bit)
Walk to Cerro Chato from Arenal Observatory (the nice bit)
The start of the Cerro Chato hike (little did I know what hell this day would hold!)
Cerro Chato hike – fails to display how steep this is!
Cerro Chatto hike – felt like mainly climbing – and having to avoid snakes when you grabbed a tree branch!
Cerro Chato hike – stopped lots for view photos (secretly to breath!)
Cerro Chato hike – climbing is not my idea of a nice hike!
Cero Chato hike
Cerro Chato hike
Cerro Chato hike – 2 hours of uphill
Cerro Chato hike
Cerro Chato hike
Cerro Chato mud climbing!
Finally at the top of the extinct volcano – feeling very relieved
Crater lake at the top of Cerro Chato extinct volcano
At last a flat part!
Jungle walk around the crater
View of crater lake and Arenal Volcano from top of Cerro Chato
Volcano Arenal underneath the cloud
View from top of Cerro Chato
Cerro Chato hike – no photos on walk down as too busy slipping on my bum – happy to out of the jungle but now even worse as no trees to hold onto!
The slightly uneven walking (sliding on bum) conditions
Cerro Chato hike
View over La Fortuna
Finally the end! Just a dodgy bridge to negotiate
About to be submerged under cloud again
Volcano Arenal and Cerro Chato disappeared under cloud
Fortuna Waterfall
Fortuna Waterfall – just a 500 step walk down to after a 6 hour hike up Cerro Chato
La Fortuna Waterfall
La Fortuna Waterfall
La Fortuna Waterfall – very grateful for a swim after the Cerro Chato hike
La Fortuna Waterfall
La Fortuna Waterfall
La Fortuna Waterfall – not liking the thought of climbing back up 500 steps – can no longer move – jelly legs
Volcano Arenal and the little one to the right is Cerro Chato (yes I am sure most of it is under cloud and you cannot really see how steep it was to climb!)
Lake Arenal
Lake Arenal
Lake Arenal
Spot the eagle
There he is
Costa Rica has been running on 100% green energy for the last 2 months
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