24 May 2009

More Videos & Photos from Arenal!

For some reason these wouldn’t upload last week, so here they are. I also must point out that the pictures of the volcano with smoke were taken from the most dangerous place to be, all the green in front was a town in the 1960s. Our guide told us in advance of our escape path in case of an eruption since we would only have 20 to 30 seconds to evacuate….another thing that would never be allowed in the U.S.





Here are pics from the La Fortuna Cataracts...and incredibly powerful waterfall that you hike down to the bottom of a valley. I got to swim in the lagoon, yet another thing that would not be allowed in the U.S. and it was like one of those pools that make a current so its hard to swim.






































Under a 'fake' waterfall at the thermal baths


This video is from these really cool leaf ants. They are almost blind and walk up to 1 km, the cut up leaves to carry back home. One big ant puts it on its back and a little ant then gets on top helps steer as well as lick off all impurities off of the leaf. Then these ants take it into their ant hill where they break it down and use it to feed the larvae. Alot of work...

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