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#CatTravels: Strolling around Malpais

By Catherine Toth Fox • August 18, 2012 • #CatTravels

Uncharacteristic of us, we slept in.

But we did have a long journey to get here — and we didn’t sleep much on the plane.

So we got up at the ungodly hour of 7 a.m. — yes, we’re usually up way before this! — and headed to the hotel pool area where breakfast would be served.

I half expected a bowl of granola and a few fruits left in a bowl. To our surprise, there was a staffer who whipped up just about whatever we wanted. So we ordered pancakes, grabbed a cup of coffee and hit the road to explore Malpais.

On foot, by the way.

Here’s what our second day looked like:

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This hotel has a few resident dogs and cats. This one was my favorite. He followed us everywhere.

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8 Comments

  • Reply David Jackson August 18, 2012 at 4:42 am

    Ask a local about empanadas, you can usually find a family that has a restaurant in their house that will serve them up for cheap. Did this once and the food was so good it became a favorite stop. It usually takes a couple of days for the storm effects to die down and the surf to return to normal. Good luck with that! Also, be careful with some of the tropical fruits. a lot of them taste awesome and you find yourself eating a lot of them. Then you find out they make the ‘prune effect’ look like child’s play. Forget what the smaller red fruit is called but it is potent.

    • Reply Catherine Toth August 21, 2012 at 4:56 am

      Thanks for the warning about local fruit — though we’ve been eating a ton of them. Yikes!

  • Reply turkfontaine August 18, 2012 at 5:17 am

    Costa Rica. the summer home of the CIA. enjoy!

  • Reply M August 18, 2012 at 7:06 am

    Hello Cat,
    Nice pictures

  • Reply WildeOscar August 18, 2012 at 11:29 am

    Spectacular pics, and sleeping in after some exploring and adventure is just the thing.

  • Reply NaPueo August 18, 2012 at 6:58 pm

    Great Pictures.
    Thanks for sharing.

  • Reply Annoddah Dave August 19, 2012 at 4:56 pm

    CAT: I think the reason why the dog followed you is because it smelled “dog people” on you. The scent of your dogs lingers on clothing and stuff.

    • Reply Catherine Toth August 21, 2012 at 4:56 am

      Good. I thought maybe it was because I smelled like Spam. LOL

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Born and raised on O‘ahu, Hawaiʻi, Catherine Toth Fox has been chronicling her adventures in her blog, The Cat Dish, for more than a decade. She worked as a newspaper reporter in Hawai‘i for 10 years and continues to freelance—in between teaching journalism, hitting the surf and eating everything in sight—for national and local print and online publications. She’s currently the editor of HAWAIʻI Magazine.

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