Next, they gave us some instructions on how to slow down as you reach the next platform, and then we were off!
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There were some slow ones, some faster ones, and some really long ones too.
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After 13 or 14 of these lines, they took us over to a tarzan swing, which is basically a big rope that you get strapped to and then you jump off a platform, free fall for a second or so, and then you swing out over a ravine and swing back and forth a couple times. The guides haul you in with a stretchy line and then the next person goes.
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I went first, but forgot to give the camera to Christie, and opted out of the tarzan swing, so we didn't get any action shots unfortunately.
After getting some lunch, we decided to book a night tour at the Monteverde cloud forest reserve. We have heard mixed reviews of night tours, so we didn't go in with too high of hopes.
Our guide met us at the visitor center just after dusk, and we set out with our flashlights in hand. Pretty quick he found us a tarantula with orange legs... I wish there was a frame of reference, she was about as big as your hand. (sorry they don't allow flash photography)
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Our guide showed us some nectar bats eating at the hummingbird feeders, and then we found a Quetzal sleeping, and a couple other birds, but mostly just bugs. Speaking of bugs, they have not been too bad here and most of our rooms have mosquito nets.... Although Christie managed to get stung by a bee and get roughly a thousand sand fly bites one day.
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Tomorrow we are travelling to the town of La Fortuna which is at the base of the Arenal Volcano, the most active volcano in Costa Rica.
Here are the rest of the pics from the day.
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