Jan. 30 - Pozo Azul Waterfall

“Traveling’s not something you’re good at. It’s something you do. Like Breathing.” – Gayle Foreman

After the last two, very busy days, we decided to relax at our house and take it easy all morning. By noon we were getting a little restless and decided to find a cool place to explore for the afternoon. The weather in this part of Costa Rica is very, very warm this time of year. I guess it always is, so going to the beach was out...it's just too hot to go there except in the morning.

Today's adventure took us to Pozo Azul Waterfall, just five minutes drive south of Dominical, in the little town of Dominicalito. Our first stop was for lunch at a local soda and then we were off to the local swimming hole. Parking was on the side of the road and it only took a few minutes to get to the pool. The name Pazo Azul means 'the blue hole', but it didn't look very blue today. The muddy water could be because it's the dry season or that there were already a lot of people there stirring the water up by the time we arrived. The local kids like to swim here and we had fun watching the kids swinging from the rope swing. It's definitely not as impressive as Nauyaca Waterfalls, but much easier to get to on a hot day.

Pozo Azul Waterfall...it's the dry season so it's not too impressive this time of year.

I climbed up to the top of the falls...this view is looking down to the pool.

Looking up the creek that feeds the waterfall

I just have to add a sunset picture everyday...they are so amazing.

We've been feeding the birds and have seen quite a few, but we've had other visitors too. We even spotted a few toucans, but not close enough for a picture.

This is a Jesus Christ lizard...they can run across water and can get very large. 

Can you spot the Agouti near the bottom of the picture? 

This is a white nosed coati...looks like a cross between a monkey and a raccoon. 

This dog came for a swim one night...our dog would have loved this pool too.