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Arenal Observatory Lodge Costa Rica

Thomas — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:46:19 +0000

The Arenal Volcano is one of the most visited areas in Costa Rica. It’s easy to see why – there’s a colossal volcano sticking up out of flat farmland. And it explodes, a lot. In fact I think it is considered the world’s most consistently active volcano. The image of red hot lava pouring forth [...]

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Walking in Peru, the story of Mountain Lodges of Peru, part 4

Sarah — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:14:50 +0000

The Lodges There are four lodges built along the trek and it took over 10,000 mule journeys to complete them. The first lodge has 12 room and the others just 6. Each one was designed by a local architect using local stone, wood and straw in the traditional adobe Inca style. Construction was supervised and [...]

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Chile’s Ancient Alerce Forest

Thomas — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:17:24 +0000

I love the story of the Alerce Mountain Lodge. It’s just such a uniquely Chilean place and the story behind it is so improbable that it could only really be in South America. The lodge itself stands in the middle of a vast expanse of Alerce, also known as the Andean birch, amongst the oldest [...]

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