Woke up to a very nice sunrise outside my window with the volcano in sight. Decided to take a morning walk and explore the hot springs. Talked to some local Ticos about life, energy, and the country.
Breakfast was typical gallo pinto with eggs and platano but they finally added crema (sour cream). Juice for the morning orange juice!
Decided to check out the mini zoo again and the museum with a couple students from the group and then played a fun soccer game with local ticos, we met the next Cristiano Ronaldo.
Headed back to hotel Tilawa, our home, for lunch red pasta and a salad.
Following lunch we had a rainforest tour to see the water filtration process of the town and how the water piping is done. Then we headed to the pig farm and Boliyo the farmer explained to us the methane project he has going on and the dairy products he make. After that we hiked up to his container home which is very nice and ate cheese with crackers.
Had a capstone discussion where we talked about various projects and had a geothermal review session. After the long but great discussion we ate a chicken soup dinner and white rice with papaya juice! Dessert was amazing fruit with ice cream and chocolate sounds weird but it was excellente!
The night ended with a rain forest dance which was very interesting wish I would have taken my camera to capture the trail we had to walk in the dark anywho it was fun and everyone had a good time.
Life is great...I learn, I meet people and I get to dance!
Pura Vida!
Jessica
Morning walk trail...
Water along the trail....
The sun and flowers, you can barely see the volcano...
more flowers...
Hot springs coming up...
Cleaning the hot springs before people jump in...
....this is were the guys jumped from but in the dark!
The water is clear....
This was the pool, with warm water. Volcano, pretty view!
Mickie Mouse pool for the little ones, we were wondering if Disney had a clue about this.
More Toucans they are lovely....
Ankur petting the cow...
Ankur posing with the fake cow....
Kat posing too...
and well I had to do it too...
Soccer, this was when our team made the first gol!
Do you see the moves of the next Ronaldo!
Both teams united for a group picture, sweet picture under the tree!
As we were leaving I noticed more Wind Turbines, I know I am obsessed!
This picture was to envision the power of the wind.
Going to the rain forest to see where the water comes from...
Fun time going up but scared to see snakes....
Solar panel backups for the water well.
Water storage backup...
Older wind turbines behind the Hotel.
HUGE pigs...they create waste
...which then gets stored in this big bag (methane gas)
the water then comes out it is dirty...
but these plants love it so they take the water,
and then after the plants take all the dirt the water comes out clean and waters the grass around.
Cheese, this is homemade, is being made there in a little barn area.
On our way to Boliyo's house to try the cheese and see his container home.
The bed room inside the container home.
Boliyo's wife and daughter nice ticas that gave us cheese and crackers.
JP telling us about the cheese...it was delicious!
The container house from the outside.
Andrew, Dave and Jarrod getting a coconut. I believe they climb up a tree to get it!
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