pictures

This picture is of the first place coffee beans go to be separated. Our guide told us that when this bin is filled with beans and water, the good beans float, and the bad ones sink.

This picture shows the 7 different kinds of coffee sold by Doka Coffee.  Different beans and mixtures of the beans make different flavors.  It was interesting to learn that color actually has nothing to do with flavor.

This picture is not great quality, but depicts Don Heraldo showing us how he makes the cheese his family eats and sells to other families in the area.  He gets plenty of milk from his cows to sell and make money off of.

Something I have never seen before, almost all of the fences in Costa Rica are living fences.  This is because during the dry season, the dead wood dries out and falls down. 

From the moment we landed til the next morning it rained.  We were scared that it would rain everyday we were there but we were extremely lucky, and rain only ruined our plans one time.

While walking towards the Botos Lagoon, we saw these small plants growing on some of the trees.  It is amazing to see how nature forms when left alone.

A great group photo standing in front of Botos Lagoon.

One of my favorite picture, this is Arenal Volcano taken from a distance in the sunset.

The gas prices here were much more expensive than in the U.S.  A liter is 0.264 gallons, meaning that this gas costs about $45 for about 9.4 gallons.

This picture is of the mass of iguanas we fed at a souvenir shop.  Once we starting dropping food, the iguanas came running.