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You don’t need a special guide 31
to go on any nature trip, but
you’d be missing out on
90 percent of what there is
to see. For example, he stopped
and set up his telescopic lens
opposite a hole in a tree and
asked us to take a peek. We saw
a hairy-legged spider that turned
“out to be a poisonous tarantula.
by Sam Finkel
got up early the first morning to daven on the patio fac-
ing the volcano. At 9 a.m., a guide was waiting for us, and
he took us to a private park, “Arenal Hanging Bridges.”
On the way there, we noticed cars parked at the side of
the road. Their passengers were watching a woman (ille-
gally) feeding some strange animals that reminded me of
a raccoon. We got out to watch. The animal is called a
I coati. It has a strong jaw, sharp teeth, and can swipe
quickly with its paws. Cute and adorable, if you ask me.
Seeing these creatures made us even more excited about
”what was to come.
The park was basically a semi-domesticated jungle with
clearly marked footpaths that had hanging bridges that
connected the trails when they were broken by rivers and
gorges that gave you a feeling you were walking on top of
the trees. You don’t need a special guide to go on any
nature trip, but you’d be missing out on 90 percent of what
there is to see. For example, he stopped and set up his tel-
escopic lens opposite a hole in a tree and asked us to take
a peek. We saw a hairy-legged spider that turned out to be
a poisonous tarantula. Another time he set up his lens
again, and we saw what looked like a boa constrictor. We
learned about a tree sap that disorients people, which was
used by slave traders to keep their human merchandise in
line. The greenery, the trees, and the view of the volcano
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to go on any nature trip, but
you’d be missing out on
90 percent of what there is
to see. For example, he stopped
and set up his telescopic lens
opposite a hole in a tree and
asked us to take a peek. We saw
a hairy-legged spider that turned
“out to be a poisonous tarantula.
by Sam Finkel
got up early the first morning to daven on the patio fac-
ing the volcano. At 9 a.m., a guide was waiting for us, and
he took us to a private park, “Arenal Hanging Bridges.”
On the way there, we noticed cars parked at the side of
the road. Their passengers were watching a woman (ille-
gally) feeding some strange animals that reminded me of
a raccoon. We got out to watch. The animal is called a
I coati. It has a strong jaw, sharp teeth, and can swipe
quickly with its paws. Cute and adorable, if you ask me.
Seeing these creatures made us even more excited about
”what was to come.
The park was basically a semi-domesticated jungle with
clearly marked footpaths that had hanging bridges that
connected the trails when they were broken by rivers and
gorges that gave you a feeling you were walking on top of
the trees. You don’t need a special guide to go on any
nature trip, but you’d be missing out on 90 percent of what
there is to see. For example, he stopped and set up his tel-
escopic lens opposite a hole in a tree and asked us to take
a peek. We saw a hairy-legged spider that turned out to be
a poisonous tarantula. Another time he set up his lens
again, and we saw what looked like a boa constrictor. We
learned about a tree sap that disorients people, which was
used by slave traders to keep their human merchandise in
line. The greenery, the trees, and the view of the volcano
u 410 358 8509 u
