Day 14: “Camino de Costa Rica”

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Day 4: “Camino de Costa Rica”

Beautiful little cabins at Paso De Vientos

Delicious, HUGE breakfast at “Rancho of Cucho“ near our cabins at Paso de Viento. Wonderful view, air is starting to get a bit drier and less humid.

Wilma’s house! She makes delicious, homemade chocolate balls, and everything you can think of related to chocolate. Just the chocolate beans, milk, and sugar.

This is her with her daughter and grand daughter.

Beautiful spot on the trail, you can see the road that we’re going to take continuing on the distance over the next set of mountains

Possibly the best blackberry frozen juice bag I’ve ever had 

Soccer game in Pacayitas

The newer wooden signs of the Camino, with the red hummingbird.

This is for my wonderful wife, a picture of the first waterfall we saw on the trail! …It may not be big, but when you are sweaty it is enough!

Views from the top of one of the ridges we crossed

Wagons for carrying the cut sugarcane. Cutting the sugarcane has to be one of the hardest jobs in the world, all day, in the hot sun, swinging machete, and then putting the cut sugarcane into bundles, and then putting the bundles onto these wagons.

Green bananas, by the side of the road

Cool house, with statues of animals on the fence

Restaurante y Mirador Sitios de Angostura
Dinner prepared by the owners! Massive rainstorm and we were beat.

 

Day 3: “Camino de Costa Rica”

Breakfast cooked by Juancho at the "Las Brisas" School. No power, everything still out from the huge storm on Thursday.

Entering Tribal Land... You have to be guided by a tribal member, since it's dense, dense forrest and a HIGH risk of getting lost. Lots of small indigenous communities spread through the mountains.

Trail is pretty sketchy the entire.... Up, up up, and then down, down, down... MUD everywhere... And 80% humidity

On the trail in the Indigenous Reserve

Just some quick fast food in the forest.... This was kind of like mammon chino, you opened them up and sucked off some gooey stuff around the seed.

If your guide is carrying a machete, he's probably going to have to use it at some point to clear the trail. 

Beautiful river on the way to Tsiobata (Indigenous Reserve)

Primary forest on the Reserve

Lunch with my guides in Tsiobata, Native Reserve

Traditional buildings in Tsiobata, built by the community.

Wire basket transport back to the other side of the river and then uphill for 5km, back to town, crossing over the Pacuare River.

End of the hardest day. I've never been more drenched with sweat in my entire life. Sweat is dripping off my body. Every square inch of clothing is soaked. AND IT WASN'T EVEN HOT, it's the humidity.

Coke Zero at the end of a LONG day

Beautiful view back "in town" at Paso Vents, lovely cottage on the hill...