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<\/a>We were charged $1 each to enter the trail which I guess is not too bad. Practically the first thing we came upon were some petroglyphs on a rock. There was no information on what they were so we could not tell if they were ancient or recent graffiti.\n<\/p>\nWe came upon a point where we had a choice to head up a steeper path or continue up the path we had been climbing. Consensus was to try the steeper path. This took us, after some time, to someone’s dwelling as well as another steep upward path. We asked where the “Sleeping Indian” was and were directed down again but to keep left. Downward was actually taking us down the outside of the crater so at least we had reached some part of the rim. Keeping left we were soon on a steep upward We didn’t think this was the highest point around and felt with some exploring we could find a higher point. However, some were for heading back down including me as I had the wrong shoes on and was developing blisters.\n<\/p>\n From where we were we hiked back down into the crater assuming we’d come out somewhere near the car. We met our upward trail at a point where none of us realized there had been a choice and made it down albeit gingerly as the slipperiness was harder to deal with descending.\n<\/p>\n Next we headed for the zoo which we found after having to ask directions just once. We had to drive along about a kilometer of unpaved road to get there. The zoo wasn’t the best kept but they did have an interesting collection of After the zoo we dined at the pizza restaurant in ‘town’. For very little we each had our own 12″ deep crust pizzas which were quite filling. Over lunch we discussed our options for the afternoon. There was not a lot of interest in the horse riding. We thought it might be worth looking into the canopy tour followed by the hot springs \/ volcanic mud bath.\n<\/p>\n We drove back to the canopy tour. It turned out that for about $50 we would get to ride 4 zip lines. This was a rip Not to be put off by this we went for the full works and covered ourselves in smelly mud before washing it off in luke cold water. Living on a boat one can at least appreciate abundant water regardless of its form.\n<\/p>\n<\/a>We continued our hike upwards. The dampness and occasional rain made the path muddy and quite slippery in places.\n<\/p>\n<\/a>path which took us to a tree covered peak with a spectacular view down into the crater floor.\n<\/p>\n<\/a>animals set in wonderful grounds. They had many types of birds, reptiles and mammals (including monkeys which delighted Annie). Their showpiece was their golden frogs which are an endangered species.\n<\/p>\n<\/a>off because normally for that price you get about 10 or more so we passed on that and headed off for the hot springs. We decided as a consolation to go out for sushi in the evening. Having arrived and paid to go in we discovered the hot springs were barely warmer than cold and that the volcanic mud, which smelled like the mud we sometimes pick up on our anchor, came in plastic containers.\n<\/p>\n