After getting a little tipsey at Baldi, Kevin decided to call it a night and Ronda and I decided to hit the discotech. We were suprised to learn that in Costa Rica the discotech doesn't even really get started till midnight and there is no set closing time, they just close when the last person goes home. Anyways, we danced, had a few more drinks and finally made it back to our hut about 3:00am. The next morning Kevin took these lovely photos of Ronda and I.... 
Who knew dancing an drinking till the wee hours could leave someone so tired??After we finally got up and dressed we headed to town for lunch and then to go hike to the La Fortuna waterfall. before I tell you about the hike and the waterfall I must tell you about one of my new favorite meals. For lunch we hit a friend chicken stand, fried chicken is pretty popular there, you'll see stands and restaurants selling it everywhere. Well the way they serve it in Costa Rica is with a side of corn tortillas. They also set out a little condiment tray with salsa, hot sauce, ketchup and mayonnaise. this is not just regular mayonnaise though, it has lime in it! I know what you're thinking, lime in mayo? Eww! But let me tell you , squeeze a little on a piece of fried chicken just pulled from the bone and wrap it in that corn tortilla and you have a tasty little meal! It's the Costa Rican version of Chik-fil-a. I have even just found in the latino section of my local store, mayo with lime, and I intend to use it on my next chicken sandwich. Try it sometime! Okay enough about lunch, on to the waterfall hike. We drove out to the park entrance, paid out 5 or 6 bucks and then strted hiking down the gorge to the waterfall. Right before you start the hike down theres a platform where you get to see this view.
Thats what we were about to hike down to. Keep in mind that waterfall is about 90 yards tall and you have an idea about how far down we were about to hike. And I mean virtually straight down. So we stared the trek down the path where I took these shots of the terrain and of a massive tree tha Ronda decided to hug.
The water was a little cold and it was overcast but it didn't feel to bad once you got in. It was beautiful! the water was crystal clear. We swam in the pool under the waterfall for a bit then got out wlakaround to the otherside of the trail and got into the river which was nice and calm. We discovered some little friends and fed them some of our crackers, they would actually jump clear out of the water fighting for the crumbs.
I shot some underwater video of them as well. I will have to upload that sometime too. The biggest fish was probably about 12 inches long. Really neat!
So that ended our 2nd day in Costa Rica. We returned to town that evening, chilled in the pool at our cabina and then went out to eat. The next day would be our last day in La Fortuna and we planned to hike to watch the volcano, and that is where I will pick up next time.
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