Jill and David and Travels with Nancy: Arenal Volcano National Park Observatory

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Arenal Volcano National Park Observatory

The following morning we decided to visit the Arenal Observatory

where volcano activity is monitored

and there is an abundance of plant and bird life

David perused the map

and I wandered around a bit taking photos of this and that

Then we wandered off into the jungle

where I took lots of photos of flowers (I don't know why but I really enjoy taking close-ups)

a bridge

birds nests

a lizard

more blousy flowers

We visited a waterfall

the farm (here's a couple of pigs snuggled up Bekki!)

More flowers

and

and of course the volcano

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UnknownMay 22, 2011 at 1:14 PM
very good close ups
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julie.cole1May 23, 2011 at 7:25 AM
loving the nature shots superb.!!!
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Thank you for visiting our Blog of our motor bike travels through the Americas on a BMW R80 G/S.We hope you get as much pleasure reading it as we hope to have writing about our adventures. And of course we hope you will get in touch with us via the 'comments' box on the Blog.

For those of you who don't know us yet, we just thought we would take a moment to introduce ourselves.

First of all we are two middle aged youngsters having a gap year or more. The decision to up sticks and travel for a while had organic origins. For David, to see more the world, how other folks live and to challenge some of his own beliefs, has been an ambition for quite some time. For me travelling to other parts of the world has been one of those things I have wanted to do with my life, but with less philosophical questions in mind, more an inquisitiveness about places and people; the question was always when and how.

I guess also that lately both of us were beginning to question what after a combined 108 years on the planet, with most of that caught up in the work cycle, is it all about. Is it all about work and pension, or are there other ways of enriching our lives. I guess we may never know the answer to that conundrum, but we jointly felt that human life is short in the greater scheme of things, and it seemed to us that there is so much to see and do in the world.

It was not easy arriving at the decision to put on hold our lives as we knew it, in order to explore what it is possible to know about ourselves in the world. There were all sorts of compromises to make. Consequently, the decision took around 5 yrs from initial musings to a full blown plan. Well we say plan. There was no plan other than to travel. The decision about where and how to travel ranged from backpacking to sailing, to camper-vanning, and motorbiking. In the end we both enjoy biking and camping, having travelled extensively by bike through Europe, and we had an idea it might be fun to bike the Pan American Highway from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego. And of course we needed to do it whilst we are still fit enough to handle a fully loaded bike and the challenges of camping.

So that was it. Given the green light David set about feverishly planning, whilst I completed my PhD which was finally submitted just as we departed.

And so as we pulled away from our home, waved off by our friends, began the realisation that it is possible to take our lives in a different direction, in the pursuit of understanding what.....it is all about.

Let the journey begin........

Jill and David and Travels with Nancy

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Arenal Volcano National Park Observatory

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