This is a view of the front of the main building.



We took all of our meals at this communal table.
This is also where we sat to bird watch and play
games. We taught a family from Oregon how to
play Speed Scrabble and then we invented a version
of the game where you move around the table
every time you pick up new tiles!
It was super fun.



Zoe, Oren and Audrey making the most of a rainy
day.


We left Cano Negro early since it was raining and we drove
to Upala for lunch. After we waited for the Internet Cafe to
open (closed from 12-1 pm) we checked email quickly
(in Costa Rican terms) and then hit the road.
While we waited for the Cafe to open I bought a nice pair of
REI hiking pants at a "Ropa Americana" which is the name
for a used clothing store here.
It was raining when we got to La Carolina Lodge which was
too bad. We were pretty deep in the forest and it was pretty
cold. We were planning to stay here for 2 nights, with no
electricity and all of our meals cooked over a wood stove.
We were going to be roughing it, big time.
One plus was a very cool (or actually hot) wood fired outdoor
hot tub. It was a large pool made out of local rocks. It was
fed by river water that was diverted and then heated as it went
through a coiled pipe around a huge cauldron of water heated
by a huge wood fire.