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Return to Day 13 - Savegre Valley
Sadly it was time to leave San Gerado de Dota in the Savegre Valley and head back to San Jose for our last night.
We travelled via a school; a traditional Tico farmstead and the Basilica at Cartago.
Miche by our cabin...
One last chance to take some Hummingbird photo's in the clear morning light, which really helped to show their lustrous colours.
They flare their cheek feathers out when a rival comes near...
Coming into land...
More landing exchanges...
Green Violetear in flight...
View down the valley as we left...
The bullfight dance, this was pretty much the only dance that the boys took part in (they played the bulls), the rest of the time, they mucked about at the edge...
Graham dancing with a broom (traditional apparently)...
A spot of milking going on down the lane...
We stopped at a typical farmstead for some Agrotourism.
A traditional Tico meal...
Emma kindly took this photo of the group with the lady who owned the farmstead. A smart cookie, she'd used the money from these visits (1 a month) to expand her house and business.
Back row - Cathrin, Steve, me, Peter, Graham, Tony, Wendell & Henry our driver
Front row - Miche, Kara, the owner, Anita, Dianne & Heather...
We took a diversion to see the Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Los Ángeles in Cartago. It's a major place of pilgrimage for the Catholic Church.
We were there only a few days after the annual August pilgrimage by about 1.5 million believers, many of whom walk 22-kilometer to the basilica during the Romería. Some choose to crawl the 22 kilometers on their hands and knees.
Thankfully, it was less busy on the day we visited; Miche on the steps...
Inside of the dome, I didn't have a wide enough angle lens with me to fit it all in...
Next Stop - Day 15 - San Jose & Home
