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November
8, 2006: Day 11 - El Castillo - Arenal
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Panoramic
view of our hotel in El Castillo, Arenal Vista Lodge.
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Nice
pool only Erik used
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View
from our room. Unfortunately the previous night was
rainy and then cloudy so we couldn't see any lava
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Arenal
is one of the 10 most active volcanoes in the world.
Lava can be seen regularly on a clear night.
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panoramic
view of volcano Arenal
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This
was the morning of our first day of mountain biking.
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We'd
first ride 5km up and down dirt road (flat tire along
the way) to the Arenal Observatory where we would hike
for an hour and then 15km along paved road to La Fortuna
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signpost
in the sleeping town of El Castillo
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Group
photo at the base of Arenal, among the lava rocks
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Elliot
doing his best Forrest Gump impression
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The
lava rock here came from a 1992 eruption
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