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Happy New Year!
Mark and I packed the night before and just needed to do some last
minute packing this morning. After cleaning up, we walked over to
the De Lucia Restaurant for our free breakfast. We ate some
cereal and fruit. After eating, Mark told our waitress
"adios." We left the hotel promptly at 7:30 a.m. Our
driver was on time, so off we went. Mark thought that the De Lucia hotel clerk under charged us for the room, so he left him a
note. I'm glad to be leaving the De Lucia hotel.
Everyone was very friendly and courteous. However, the
accommodations were very basic. Also, the room was paneled in
cedar, making my sinuses act up.
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| It's off to the Lost Iguana Resort. Before leaving Monteverde,
we stopped by another hotel and picked up a Dutch group of six.
One of the guys spoke English and Spanish. Then, we have a one and a
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We met up with our tour guide. I
was the only one that had experience riding a horse. Mark has been
on a horse once or twice. The tour guide gave his instructions in
Spanish. He spoke limited English, but was very nice and eager to
please. He and his hermano (brother) kept an eye on everyone to make
sure that we were safe. He led the way, and his brother followed
behind. On occasion, some of the Dutch riders wanted to gallop. The
tour guide let them. I stayed behind with the stragglers, including
Mark. He was appreciative that I stayed with the “slow ones.” We did
gallop occasionally. I wish I could have been behind Mark to see
him. The horses mainly trotted, so the ride was bumpy. Mark
has the bruises to prove it. We rode the back roads.
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We stopped and
were able to see the volcano across the lake. Mark took some
pictures. It was beautiful. On our break from riding, a sow came up.
The sow was from a neighbor’s farm across the road. You’ll see her
in the pictures. Bruno (yes that’s the dog’s name) tried to keep the
sow away. It was quiet comical.
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| Mark’s horse was Carmello, and mine
was called Adios. After the ride was over, a boat was waiting for
us. Mark told the guide that he thought we’d have to wait for the
boat. The guide said “cell phones.” It was funny. The tour guides’
cell phones would go off on the back trails. Everyone has a cell
phone these days. The boat ride was fun, but wet. Our boat driver
was also the guy who drove us to the Lost Iguana Resort.
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| We arrived at the Lost Iguana Resort (four stars) and checked in. It
was about 2:00 in the afternoon. Mark had booked us a luxury suite.
It was a corner room and was absolutely gorgeous. I thought I’d died
and gone to heaven. The room had a nice big bathroom and bar area to
spread things out. It was clean. Wow. Oh, and the view was really
great too. We had a balcony and could sit out there. Humming birds
would come up and taste the flowers. It was really cool. The power
went off for about two hours. We didn’t know it but that was a sign
of things to come. The next day the power went off for a couple of
hours and then came back on.
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