We have been busy little bees

Since we last wrote, we spent another couple days at Tommy's farm, went to Satya's (a friend of Tommy's) family's farm up in the coldest mountain in Costa Rica, and visited two (or 4) beaches on the Pacific Coast. We have some good stories, but you'll have to bear with us. Also, you'll have to deal with some brevity and infer more from pictures. Feel free to contact us (we love messages!) if you want elaboration. (This is a shameless plea for love)

Tommy took us to see Volcan Poas and La Paz waterfalls. Volcan Poas was really cool, but we couldn't see much due to the fog. La Paz waterfalls were mainly destroyed by the earthquake last year, but are still magnificent and we could barely tell. According to Tommy, we only saw about fifty percent of the falls, but the zoo there was awesome, too.

The above two pictures are of the la paz waterfalls and a sloth there. Tommy also took us out for any amazing lunch at a French restaurant where we had crepes with mushrooms and cheese, bunny in dijon mustard sauce, blackberry refrescos, and chocolate mousse. It was amazing.

The next morning, we left with Satya (her husband works and lives on Tommy's farm) up to her family's farm high in the mountains.

They are ex-pats from the U.S. who left with no money and six kids to avoid the draft during the Vietnam war. It is a great little farm and it is amazing what one family can accomplish together. The majority of what they use is generated on the farm, but they also rent out their farm house as a lodge to travelers. Plus, they're really nice and showed us great hospitality. They taught us a lot about how to live and work on a farm...we started by milking cows, then made cheese, butter, sour cream, and whey milk shakes. Yay for efficiency! Here we are making butter:

After Las Vueltas, we headed down to the beautiful beach of Montezuma where we camped out with a bunch of hippies on the beach. Luckily, only our flip flops were stolen. We also went on an awesome hike up through a series of waterfalls. There was an 80 ft, 40 ft, and 15 ft. waterfall. We jumped off the last two, which was awesome!

This is Tori jumping off the 40 footer.

After a two days at Montezuma, we headed up to Puntarenas to hang out with some exchange students we had met while traveling in Nicaragua. Brian let us sleep on his floor. It was hard, but free. It was fun to party with college students, just like old times. We had a huge bonfire on the beach and tried to watch a meteor shower (it was cloudy).

Now we are back at Tommy's. We plan to head to the Caribbean side of Costa Rica in the next few days, then Panama. The adventure continues!