A week or so ago the kids had Thurs and Fri off from school. As such, we took Friday and decided to go to the cascadas (waterfalls). These trails are super busy on the weekend so we took the opportunity to go then. To get to the trails one has to take a cable car across a valley. The ride is ~500m and you must be at least a few hundred feet up. The car is powered by a Nissan can engine and transmission. To go one way the 'driver' selects 1st gear and come back he selects reverse. The cable works on pulleys and winds around what would be the drive shaft. Pretty cool system and I'm glad he is using a reliable engine!
Riding in the cable car means holding onto your hat!
and it's lots of fun!
Amalia made friends with a damselfly.
Camilo ran downhill on the trails to get to the waterfalls. Back up was another matter.
Sitting on a rock to eat a snack.
Playing in the pool beneath the waterfall. You can see the bigger one in the background.
The water was quite cold but refreshing on a hot and sunny day.
Crossing on bridges like this is fun. Problem is that lots of wood is rotten being in the rainforest. These were well cared for and very secure.
Amalia caught a lizard which was very cool!
And we took the cable car back to our car and then drove back to town, probably 5 miles.
Here is a quick pic I took of the 'driver' and the whole mechanism. Pretty neat.
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