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ATV Away!

1/16/2019

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We have a leisurely morning and then head into Jaco for today's adventure at ATV Back Country Tours.  We meet the owner, Joey, along with his wife and daughter, Kallina, at their storefront then travel to the finca via a taxi-van.

Joey and Kallina train us on ATV operations and the tour rules.  As the tour maximum is six ATV's (in addition to Joey and his daughter), I will ride behind William.   We all don handkerchiefs for keeping the dust off our faces as well as helmets and then we're off!
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We have a blast climbing mountains and looking out from the plateaus and vistas.  One highlight of the tour is the hidden beach, which is accessible because of the low tide.  We park the ATV's and climb down from the mountainside onto the black rock beach.  There are thousands of hermit crabs on the beach along the cliff wall - incredible.  We split into two groups.  Paul, Kara and James go for higher adventure, climbing around the point on a narrow path with Kallina to reach another beach and set of pools.  Mary, George, William and I go with Joey to a hidden cave.  At first we're not sure we can get back up the rocks once we get down to cave level, but William decides to just go for it and soon all of us have walked to the cave entrance and into the back. Since I am writing this, it's safe for you to assume that we all were successful and climbing back up :-).   We sit for a while in the pools formed by the lava rock then return to the ATV's.
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A second highlight for me is climbing up the dirt paths on the ATV's to a high point on the mountain, parking, and then climbing over a barb-wire fence to a pasture to watch the beautiful sunset over the bay.

After the sunset we ATV back to our starting point on the finca, arriving in darkness.  A taxi-van soon arrives and takes us to town where we have dinner at Señor Harry's.  Service is slow, so George establishes a direct relationship with the bartender.  At the end of the meal the owner (Señor Harry himself) buys us a round of shots made with guaro, the sugar cane liquor of Costa Rica.
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    Hi.  I'm Anne.  I wander around the world with William.


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