We ate breakfast, got in the car, and drove to the Rio Celeste waterfall parking. We started the hike pretty normally, but there was a lot of uphill, which was paved for the most part.
We eventually reached an arc that was like a passageway to the steps that led down to the waterfall. My mom didn’t come all the way down at first because of the fact that we would have to climb back up again.
When she eventually came down, it started to rain a little. We took a bunch of photos. My favorite was the one I took of my mom in front of the waterfall. It was a long exposure shot, meaning the waterfall looked completely smooth, my mom had to stay still so that she didn’t get blurred in the photo. We had to hike back in what Costa Ricans somehow called “normal” weather. All you need to know is that the car air vents became a dryer after the hike.
After the Rio Celeste Hike, we drove to the new hotel, and on the way we stopped at a souvenir shop.
The drive was fun, we went through mountains of twisty, and sometimes pretty dicey, roads. We sure needed the 4-wheel drive on the slick, muddy, and rocky segments. We saw all kinds of cool stuff, including these glamping domes on the side of the mountains where people can stay. The drive was made even better with the souvenir I had bought. It was this cool instrument from Costa Rica that was shaped like a dome with a hole. Above the hole were these metal rods that were each a different length. So they each resonated a different note when plucked. It was called a “Carimba”. It is the national instrument of the Nahua people of Mexico. It eventually made its way to Central America.
Our hotel had been decorated for my parents’ anniversary, rose petals in the shapes of hearts, chocolates spread out everywhere, It even had three beds, and brace yourselves… A TV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Our next day was spent at the most exciting place, what I had been waiting for this whole trip…
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