gringo pete and the crazy monkey

well it has been a bit since i have blogged. and the people at this hostel must think all i do is g o on the internet.... but lets see whats happened... well we left san jose in the wee hours of the morning and got to la fortuna around noon after surviving .... somthing i will tell you about then i get back... and a creepy guy staring at us on the bus for a few hours. after a landslide of no gracias tengo un habatacion no gracias! we went to gringo petes... a bright purple hostel with two top bunks for us with ladders meant for tall people. after levatating up to my bed rather ungracfully and unpacking, we went on a tour of the volcano. The tour started with our guide telling us about his friend who died in the first eruption and then showing us a old photo album, and stoping on the side of the rode to show us leaves, and ant eaters, and toucans. We got the the begining of the hike and soon realized that we were to be govered in mud, the whole hike was large steps into mud and up steep inclines.. where we were not suposed to touch trees. after all of us loosened up about the mud... in cluding megan, we came to a vine hat our guide let us swing on like tarzan. It was a ton of un... and i would like to say that i have a great picture but megan forgot to take off the lens cap. After that we hiked up more and then it got dark and then the rain started. the night hike in the dark with the missionaries spreading jehovas witness doctrine in madagascar was interesting to say the least. I bit my tounge and did not ask about what the indigenous religion was in madagascar, i instead focus on avoiding but and the fer de lance snake our guide casual pointed out and noted was the most poisonous snake in all of central america. after the hike and after our free guaro drink and some lava viewing... meagn and i headed to the baldi hot springs, mad made but heated by the volcano. the baldi had many themes for our eyes to take in ... including but not limied to , italian, jewish, roman, and a fake myan pyramid leading up to hot waterslides, that reminded me of that early 90's show legends of the hidden temple. after speeding through a few pools in order to get the full exsperience in the two hours we payed for, we headed to the long awaited pool in the bar. after seting down our muddy hiking gear so that we could see it... because we were too cheap to rent a locker.... we headed to he bar...with are wallets raised above the water. We ordered a rediculous tropical drink made of coconut milk, a banana, choclate, and rum,called the crazy monkey ,we only got one drink to save money. little did we know it wouldnt really matter because we were so relaxed in the pool bar that we unintentionally floated away without paying... and everyone was so relaxed that no one caught us. i noticed in the next pool and qickly took the coctail unbrella out of my hair. I didnt pay for it because i figured the karma evened out for when i had ten bux stolen at rocking j's. after the springswe returned to gringo petes and was greeted by the incesant cleaning ladys ... who were somehow miraculously STILL cleaning. we left in the morning and took a van, a boat and a van to monteverde. Making a breif stop at a soda so the drivers could eat some rice and beans and all of us ..from many contries stoped to watch the obama inaguration ... dubed in spanish. after a breif freak out in monteverde about money.. my amazing mother agreed to give me a loan, interest free, and told me dont come home early live your life. and so i went to the orchid garden... learned all about my favorite flower. later meagan and i cooked some scary chicken went to bed ... feasted on included breakfast and then rode on the longest cheapest most uneventful gondola canopy tour ever... but had a great time frezing our buts off and talking, and laughed so hard it hurt when the gondola stoped infront of a restyrant on a platform made just to hand us free coffee and cookies. after that we went to the frog museum...where a andorably guy... with a hilarious acent ... who almost resembles a tree frog gave us a great tour... we will go back tonight for free whne the frogs are more active... after we eat our gross chicken, and then we plan to eat tres leches cake in the tree house resturant... then its off to tamarindo o stay in the argentinian run cow themed hostel call ed the milk bottle... then to nicuragia to the corn islands... the glamourous corn islands.