Saturday, November 26th traveling to El Castillo
We left Finca
Isla on the most beautiful day we’ve seen since we arrived in Costa Rica. The drive from Aguas Zarcas to El Castillo, which
sits in the shadow of the volcano, took about 2 hours. The sun was shining and we actually could SEE
the volcano. We were warned that it is not
always sunny and bright here, so we were thrilled with the view.
Arenal Volcano view from El Castillo
Lake Arenal view - late afternoon
We were quite surprised
how remote El Castillo really is. When
the directions said to turn off the paved road onto the rough, rocky road, we
didn’t know what we were going to encounter.
Thankfully we have a high clearance 4-wheel drive SUV … we needed it!
Our AirBnB home
is amazing for this part of Costa Rica.
We have the entire upper floor and spiral-staircase to the roof top with
no other visitors staying below us. It was warm, partly sunny, and we enjoyed the view
from the wrap around veranda and the top level for the afternoon. The clouds on the volcano changed every few
minutes and we were in awe.
From the roof top
we overlook the tiny neighborhood of local “Tico” houses and I noticed an
interesting event unfolding next door.
The father of the family arrived with several slabs of meat in the trunk
of his car. These slabs (looked like pig
hind quarters) were brought to an open area in the back of the home. Family and friends arrived to watch the butchery
work of the father as the mother (and siblings) helped to cut the large swaths
of meat into smaller manageable pieces.
This process took several hours while music played, food was enjoyed and
loud discussions took place. Later on
Saturday, a party (or celebration of some kind) took place and the smells of
grilled meat filled the air. There was
loud music, even louder laughter and I believe a good time was had by all!
Of course we both
took pictures like crazy and were so excited to post them here. UNFORTUNATELY, the Wi-Fi is a little spotty
and it’s a neat trick to get them uploaded from my Smart phone to the Cloud and
then downloaded back to the laptop. That
process does NOT happen automatically like it does at home. OOOOPPPPS … I accidently deleted the entire
day’s images with one click. Thank
goodness Dennis got some images with his camera.
And then it
started raining, with lightning and thunder, and it continued ALL night
long. I did get my wish to sleep in the
rain …
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