We thought the hike to the falls would be a leisurely jaunt through the park. To get to the first waterfall it was a bit of a scramble over slippery river rocks. The waterfall was gorgeous and totally swimmable. When we got there, I looked around for the path to get to the other two waterfalls. I found a hammock maker, who introduced me to his "dog" (his iguana). He asked me if I had any bananas to feed his dog, but unfortunately I didn't. I asked (in Spanish- Si!) how to get to the other falls, and he pointed to the wall behind him and he said "escalar" or "climb".

After a little bit of talking Jaclyn into it, we set up the wall which was an easy climb, but still quite the scramble. It befitted my love for climbing, so I climbed onto the top. After the first climb, we got to a little path that brought us up and around to another steep down climb, which I had to coach poor Jaclyn, who is mortified of heights, through. She said she was a 6/10 scared, so it was pretty amazing that she fought through it and did the climb. It was totally worth the little adventure. The waterfalls and pools were all sorts of fun to play in, with Tarzan swings and cliff jumps. I didn't jump the 30 foot waterfall though- I stuck to the 10 foot jump and the Tarzan swing :)

Jaclyn helped me the next day with conquer my fear of the ocean as we navigated back to the town during high tide. I'm pretty sure I almost got eaten by the ocean five times (just kidding mom). <3

Today my lovely adventurous friend left to go back to Canada. I'm so happy that we were able to wander around Costa Rica for a week, blunders with shuttles and bookings and all. I may have to write another post about that later. I'm going to miss you so much Jaclyn! Pura vida.