User blog:007Jamesdean/Volcanic Trip Part 41

Part 41: COSTA RICA

Vanzilla 2.0 is in Jet Mode flying over eastern Central America.

Nicole: We're here guys. Welcome to Costa Rica.

Shanan: I've always wanted to go to Costa Rica. It's home to some of the most amazing rainforests in the world.

Laney: It sure is.

Lana: And also some of the best animals and plants.

Me: I love this rainforest. There's so much to see and observe and admire.

Lisa: Yes indeed.

Lincoln: This is gonna be so cool.

We land inside the Costa Rican Rainforest.

Lori: This is literally the most amazing rainforest I've ever seen.

Leni: Totes. It's got so many plants it's amazing.

Luna: It sure is dudes.

Me: Hey look at this tree here.

We go over and we saw a Cacao Tree.

Me: This is a Cacao Tree.

Jessie K: It's amazing.

Lisa: This is Theobroma Cacao and it's the tree that makes (Slurping and drooling) Chocolate.

Lori: How long does it take for a tree like this to grow?

Shanan: It takes 25 years Lori.

Luan: That's a long time.

Lynn: It sure is.

Eddy: How long does it take for pods containing the seeds for chocolate to grow?

Shanan: 4-5 months for the pods to grow. But like I said before, certain contain conditions have to be met for the pods to grow.

We saw Peccary pigs wallowing in mud and there were Midge Flies in them.

Lucy: So these are Peccaries.

Laney: These are them Lucy. And these little flies are called Chocolate Midge Flies.

We then hear a cool bird call and we saw that it was from a Montezuma Oropendola.

Me: That's one of my favorite birds. It's a Montezuma Oropendola.

Lisa: What a magnificent specimen.

Lily: It sure is.

Zoe: It sure is a pretty bird.

Lucy: It sure is.

Laney: Hey look at this.

Over in a grove we saw a bunch of dead trees wrapped aroung long vines.

Me: Oh man. I know these plants all too well. These are Strangler Figs.

Shanan: These plants are called the Murderers of the Plant World. They wrap their vines around other trees and kill them.

Lori: How do they do that?

Shanan: They suck all the water and nutrients out of the tree and kill it. Watch.

Shanan went to a dead tree wrapped in Strangler Fig vines and she touched it and it disintegrated.

Shanan: See?

Naruto: Whoa! That tree is gone but you can see inside the vines.

Shanan: That's right bro. The tree it wrapped around died and is gone. But the coolest part about the strangler fig is you can climb inside the hollow structure. The vines are strong enough to support your weight.

Lincoln: That is so cool! Laney lets climb them.

Laney: Sure.

They climbed the strangler fig structure from the inside and it was a beautiful sight seeing the canopy of the rainforest.

Laney: Wow! What a sight.

Lincoln: It sure is.

Lana flew up to them.

Lana: That's a cool thing the Strangler Figs do.

Laney: It sure is.

We saw lots of plants, animals and more and beamed a Cacao tree and a few flowers and birds and monkeys to Lana's greenhouse and they were right at home.

Later we went to one of Costa Rica's most active volcano: Mount Arenal.

Nicole: Mount Arenal, one of Costa Rica's most active volcanoes.

Lori: It sure is beautiful.

Sam: It sure is.

Chione: It's a magnificent sight.

Lucy: Those clouds are glowing incandescent red on the volcano.

Nicole: That's one of the most mysterious events of geology. They are called Nuée Ardente or Incandescent Clouds. They are magnificent at night.

Brittney: Lets see.

Brittney used her magic and we saw the ash clouds turn invisible and the rocks were glowing orange hot.

Lola: That is awesome!

Me: It sure is.

Varie: That is amazing. But I'll bet it's really dangerous.

Nicole: It is.

Aylene: It's really cool seeing it like this.

Cody: It sure is.

Later we went to our next destination after learning alot about Costa Rica's history and buying some food and good stuff.

Continues in Part 42