This was pretty much as far as you could walk on the volcanic sand beach (that’s why the sand is black, not white), because you got to all these rocks which made it hard to walk any further (there’s even more rocks behind me in the picture). The tiny red roof in the distance was [...]

We on a hike through the rain forest in Costa Rica, during which it rained pretty much non-stop. I wasn’t complaining though, because it is, after all, the rain forest (and it was rainy season in Costa Rica as well). It was really beautiful, and I quickly snapped this picture as our guide was leading [...]

This was the view from where I was staying in Costa Rica. Like I said in another post, it was the rainy season, so it was often cloudy in the morning. But there were lots of sunny days too — if you’re going there, don’t be discouraged to go during the rainy season, it’s actually [...]

I saw a few different volcanoes in Costa Rica (with this obviously being one of them). It was a cloudy day, but the weather cooperated for a little while and gave us a clear view of the volcano to take some pictures. The much cooler (not literally, sorry for the bad pun) part of the [...]

I went to a natural hot spring while I was in Costa Rica (which was fantastic in case you were wondering), and while I was walking back to the main building from the hot springs, I spotted this lizard sitting on a leaf. Since it gets dark at around six o’clock all year in Costa [...]

Near the hotel on the volcanic sand beach, there was a little natural pool (which was shallow and murky and not generally good for swimming in) which kind of receded into the jungle. These plants were growing directly out of the water, and made for a thick wall of vegetation dividing the beach from the [...]