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Day 19:
Monteverde, Costa Rica

We got up early this morning and, with several other travelers staying at the hostel, were picked up by a shuttle bus to go check out the Extremo Canopy Ziplining tour. This little activity ended up being a blast. After harnessing up we took various ziplines through the canopy area. I had a lot of fun getting in some photography of the people sliding around and doing various activities. Besides simple zipping across cables, there was also a rappelling station and even a swing, the finale involved one that was 1km long at at a height of 180 meters. I got to meet Julie and her brother and friend who were all together touring Costa Rica. We really had a great time getting to know each other and would have loved to travel a bit more, but unfortunately the schedules just were not able to merge. I took too many photos of the canopy tour to post, so I've uploaded them to my Picasa Web Album; http://picasaweb.google.com/mblitch/CostaRicaExtremoZiplining

Based on some information in Chris's book, we also headed for some waterfall hike after getting back to Monteverde that we were eventually able to find. We had to rush to make it to the waterfall before dark, swim for like 5 minutes, and then walk back in the blackness. A lot of hassle, but still a fun little adventure. We decided to stay here one more night to get rested up before heading to the coast.