For quite some time now, Marcos has been eager to take us on a hike to the Waterfalls here on la finca (en:the farm) on a Sunday morning (his day off). The last few Sundays have had us quite occupied with various events and this Sunday was our chance! After sleeping in a bit, we met with Marcos at his casa around 9am. Decked out in rubber boots and hiking gear with a small bag of snacks and bathing suits we set off up the mountain. Marcos with ~100' of rope draped over his shoulder, led us through a fairly steep and very muddy pasture to the trail head. The house dogs followed closely.
The hike was 30 minutes along a well tamed trail with numerous overlooks to the mountains of the Costa Rican interior. Absolutely Stunning views! We arrived at the first two waterfalls, pouring over-head and converging into the river. Here we crossed the river and began our ascent up the lower of the two falls to reach a pool-like portion of the river between very steep rock walls.
We hastily dropped our gear and changed into our swim suits to follow Marcos up the river. After a short swim we arrived at the third waterfall to find Marcos at the top lowering the rope to help guide us up the fourth and fifth falls - each ascent more difficult and frightening than the last. One climb in particular was nearly vertical along slippery wet rocks.
The hike and swim were incredible. Everything is so vibrant - colors and sounds - its difficult to decide what to focus on.
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