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La Fortuna Slideshow
Travel Blogs from La Fortuna, Costa Rica
La Fortuna
Pills thrills and bellyaches
Sorry about the pics - some of them should be sorted now. Since I last typed, I have pootled round the bottom of a big volcano - oooh! Where are the photos? I hear you say, well you kind of had to be there - the photos are tremendously unimpressive, ...
Volcan Arenal
We are here in La Fortuna, the town that everyone basically stays in to get a view of the famous Volcan Arenal. The drive here from Tamarindo was beautiful... winding through this lush area, especially by Lago Arenal. I caught myself ...
Good-Bye and Hello
... pretty low-key. We slept in, packed up, and then wandered around town to do some sight-seeing and shopping. La Fortuna is quaint, but a bit touristy. We returned to the hostel, watched Chocolate the hostel lab frolic in the pool, ...
La Fortuna
... - Arenal. The bus trip was pretty uneventful, except for helping some travellers when their bags were being stolen. I arrived at La Fortuna knowing a couple new people from the bus and we headed to Gringo Petes. One of the girls that works at Petes ...
Rain, Rain and more Rain .... and more rain
... too dangerous. Shortly after the others returned to the hotel, we once again loaded up for our final GAP bus ride to San Jose, Costa Rica. Compared to the rest of Central America, we would have to say, that you can easily tell that you are in Costa ...
Two left feet
... decided I’d actually quite enjoyed my time trip; I’d wanted adventure and to meet new people, so La Fortuna had certainly delivered! --------------------------------------- PS. Sorry for the lack of photographic evidence: cameras + rain + dark ...
Vulkaner, hester og canope
Ja naa er vi i La Fortuna ganske langt nord i Costa Rica. Vi er her fordi den eneste vulkanen som fortsatt har utbrudd ligger her(paa lavatrygg avstand). I dag har vi hatt en alldeles overveldene innholdsrik dag. Vi stod opp klokken syv og ble hentet av ...
oh i forgot
I forgot, there was a very annoying couple who joined our rappelling group tour, and the guy was ginger, long haired and so pathetic. He made awful jokes, one being when it came to the questionaire "is there a box for 'it sucks'? and then asked the tour ...
Nestled Under a Volcano
... . we passed festivals and schools and farms. it was stunning. Nicole landed at noon and we met up right away. Now, to get to La Fortuna. First we taxi'd into Liberia to the bus stop. Then we decided to take a taxi to a town about an hour away where a ...
Mountain in the Mist
... lent itself to visitors. Namely a bat and two birds. Given my good luck so far with bugs, I guess I can't complain right? La Fortuna's best feature is the active Arenal Volcano, towering above the town in all its fiery glory. Unfortunately, we only ...
Day 1, 2 and 3
... and were able to catch our first taxi ride to the Green Turtle Gift shop were we were to meet our shuttle to La Fortuna. The Ticos, Costa Ricans, are very aggressive drivers and you feel like you are about to have a wreck every 5 seconds. ...
not what i expected
... awesome. they had this rope set up and we got busy swinging from about 8 metres above the water or so down. the best things in life are free. deep. caught a speed boat from la fortuna to monteverde over arenal lagoon... was pretty sweet. tarantula watch: ...
Volcano Arenal
Hola amigos, Aangekomen in La fortuna werden we belaagd door een bende hotel ronselaars. De temperatuur laaide hoog op evenals ons gemoed. Uiteindelijk dan toch nog een goede verblijfplaats gevonden. De volgende dag hebben we een tour gedaan naar ...
Day 7: Rara Avis to La Fortuna
... : the peak of Arenal is generally covered by clouds. We had a nice view of it from our hotel room, though. Arriving in La Fortuna was like rediscovering civilization. The town had phones, restaurants, shops, internet... I hated to admit it but I was ...
Volcan
... leave for Volcan Arenal. It is easy to change plans when you make them up as you go along. Yesterday, after arriving in La Fortuna near the Volcano Arenal, I went on a tour recommended at the hostel to the hot springs and to see the red ...
Pineapples and Volcanos
... ; After many people's suggestions of their techniques, they were all proven wrong, and the humorous presenter (I think everyone in Costa Rica is a born comedian) gave us the goods. Look for one with these 4 characteristics...big eyes, a cylindrical ...
In The Shadow Of A Volcano
One of Costa Rica's great launching pads La Fortuna is surrounded by a wealth of things to do and places to see, from cascading waterfalls to bubbling hot springs. The most obvious thing however looms large and imposing over the town. Before 1968 La ...
Tur til Vulkan Arenal
... vil skrive lidt om nu. Søndag morgen havde Doro og jeg lejet en bil, da vi gerne ville se Arenal vulkanen som er her i Costa Rica. Vi havde lejet en bil som havde store ridser på front partiet fordi nogle amerikanere var kørt galt i den.. vi ...
"Is there a box that i can tick that says u suck?"
... our tour company and told to "pay up". Errr. i thought we had. No, the "beautiful night hike around the bottom of La Fortuna Volcano, finishing off in some fantastic natural hotsprings" that G.A.P made out was included as part of the tour actually cost us ...
Volcan Arenal and Hotsprings
Booked a tour that took us to La Fortuna to checkout a active Volcano and to soak in a hot spring. Volcano was disappointing since there was very little activity and the hot-springs was nice but just a big resort type ...
Wait . . . what??
Pura Vida! Five days in La Fortuna have flown by! Staying at sleepers sleep cheaper, great name, and appropriate at $7.50 a night. Survived the "Costa Rican electric shower of death", just dont touch the top or cables when the water is running. Got to see ...
La Fortuna
... in the night there were more people our age enjoying the warm water, yummy cocktails, and elaborately decorated atmosphere. Our second day in La Fortuna we spent horseback riding on a trip to go see some waterfalls. It reminded me a lot of a similar trip ...
Look kids, its Big Ben
... before lockdown. This is as close to life behind bars as I ever want to get. It´s an early night for us, we depart on a 5:30 AM bus to head north for the Nicaraguan border. Pura Vida Costa Rica! Who loves volcanoes, Jay and ...
Day 9: La Fortuna waterfall and Arenal volcano
... clear day, and we had the best view yet of Arenal from town. We could see almost the entire peak of the volcano. Arenal is Costa Rica's most active volcano. A few decades ago, nobody knew it was even a volcano; it was thought to be dormant. But in ...
Arenalvulkanen
... . Vi fløy Businessclass. Fikk sitte med snobbene i VIP-loungen. De rike har det godt ... i grunn.... :) Ved ankomst Costa Rica leide vi bil, Helge ble sterkt anbefalt å leie en GPS, men takket pent nei til det. å komme seg til ...
Eco Roller Coaster
We had an interesting afternoon arriving here. Shaken by a 5.9 on the Richter scale earthquake. Thankfully it was more bemusing than serious. We called it the Eco Roller Coaster. Thankfully no casualties, no injuries, no major damage, , although we can ...
Serious jungle, serious volcano, no lava
... the first place that a promoter recommends in order to get their commission then you can keep your costs down somewhat. La fortuna and the Arenal lake are serious jungle country, way wetter and cooler than nicaragua. Unfortunatley the Arenal ...
From San Jose to La Fortuna
... on curvy roads we arrived in La Fortuna! We chose our hotel and made our way to the center of town. The primary feature of La Fortuna is the Arenal Volcano. When I came to CR eight years ago, the visibility did not allow us to see the massive volcano. ...