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2010-08-16
[travel] Last weekend's adventures in the Pinnacles and Arroyo Seco
The Pinnacles is a hilly desert area containing the remnants of a volcano's core. It's about two hours south of San Jose. It's far enough from civilization that there's practically no light pollution, and as a consequence the night sky is completely intense. During the day it's quite (though not oppressively) hot, and it becomes a playground full of rocks to explore and climb.
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Arroyo Seco is (unlike what its Spanish name implies) a very wet canyon that can be explored during the late summer months when the flow of water is not too intense. Owing to the non-waterproofness of my camera, I didn't get too many pictures, but the experience of swimming, jumping and sliding my way down the water's path was a great deal of fun, at least until it became late enough in the day that the sun no longer reached the bottom of the canyon.
See the full set on flickr
( more pictures... )
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Arroyo Seco is (unlike what its Spanish name implies) a very wet canyon that can be explored during the late summer months when the flow of water is not too intense. Owing to the non-waterproofness of my camera, I didn't get too many pictures, but the experience of swimming, jumping and sliding my way down the water's path was a great deal of fun, at least until it became late enough in the day that the sun no longer reached the bottom of the canyon.
See the full set on flickr