Mudpots, Volcanoes, and Jail

Hey Swatchy! Remember on my last trip to Costa Rica, when I went to the mud pots? Well, we went back with the kids from the Bullis Charter School.


The mud pots are at the Rincon de la Vieja volcano near Liberia. The heat from the volcano boils water underground and the mud bubbles up. Can you see me? I'm trying to keep the kids from crossing over the safety fence.


We had to hike through the forest and over a stream.


And we got up close and personal with some of the wildlife, like this Ctenosaur (that's an iguana to you and me)!


Afterwards, we had lunch at a local hacienda. I drank too much juice.


The next day we set out for Volcano Arenal. We stopped in Canas for pastries, and I led a tour of the town. You can see our bus in the background of this picture.


It was very windy that day, so we had a hard time getting the group photo in front of the church.


And then we saw Arenal. It's one of my favorite places. It was smoking and steaming away. Rocks were falling down the volcano, too, so no place to do a climb.


On the way back, we stopped in Liberia to use the restrooms at the police station. But some of us ended up on the wrong side of the bars:



Even me!!!!