Buena Vista Lake Arenal Resort Community La Fortuna

... because I went<br>first. The guide hooked me in from the back first so I wouldn't fall<br>off, then hooked the rope swing to my harness from the front, scooched<br>(is that a ...

... emailed and drank coffee for 2 hours while our laundry was done. &#8220;How come doing the laundry at home doesn&#8217;t take so long?&#8221;, Conor asked . Aengus and I saw a tapir roaming outside our cabin before dinner sparking a debate with the kids on whether the aforementioned animal is extinct &#8211; it can&#8217;t be, we just saw one kids! Tomorrow we head to Arenal&#8230;.not too hopeful about spectacular volcano views in this weather but you never know.

... geruhsame Nacht stimmt uns, dass unser Zimmer mit den Fenstern zum Gemeinschaftsraum liegt, aber unsere Sorgen sind groesstenteils grundlos.<br><br>Kaum haben wir das Gepaeck abgeworfen, machen wir uns sofort auf zu den heissen Quellen, die wir nach langer Fahrt im engen Bus jetzt sehr gut gebrauchen koennen. "Baldi Hot Springs" bietet uns dann gleich mal eine ganze Landschaft an heissen und kalten Becken und Wasserfaellen an. Von einigen kann man sogar den Vulkan ...

... time. Somewhere along the way I took a wrong turn and walked completely in the wrong direction! Whoops! It started to get dark and I didn't recognize anything. I eventually ran into a couple and told them I was lost (with the help of my phrasebook). They took me to their home and I called my house. Turns out the couple are friends with my family. I again let a few tears out, not because I was scared or sad, but because I was so frustrated with myself (I knew exactly where ...

... and cloud-forest. Other that that I couldn´t really tell much difference, it still pi**ed it down the whole time we were up there. If you are researching this for your own trip, you can´t really go wrong with monteverde backpackers hostel, plus I wouldn´t advise booking anything in advance, as everything can be sorted out when you get there, and you can get a bit more info about what ...

... degrees, it's "only" visible at night. (Lava must be three thousand degrees to be visible in the daytime, it turns out. At least from a safe distance.) We saw more animals on the ride up to Arenal yesterday than we did on the brutal 2-hours-plus walk along the Silencio Trail this morning. Our driver pointed out some toucans (the Froot Loops people did a surprisingly accurate rendition, almost as good as the artists at the Wild Turkey distillery ...

... Park. We tried the "we are volunteers" stint to see if we can get some discounts to the entry tickets....and we were more than pleased to find out that we could go in for free if we could show some form of proof....this is where Maribel came in to explain the situation, that we don´t have one. Finally, the guy was really nice and let us in for free! The trails were very nice and we were glad that there weren´t any mosquitoes at this altitude :) It took us about ...

... ride! We got to the beautiful mountain town of Monteverde in late afternoon and found our hotel which was very nice and inviting after a long trek! Only problem is, the town is about a mile high elevation and it´s freezing up here! The hotel has no heat in the room at all, so we have 7 blankets on the bed to stay warm! The hot water worked at first but now it´s lukewarm at best. BRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrr.

... selfish? Then he came back and wanted another coin and wished for an IPOD. Just kidding. I love these kids. I sang the Trompita song for them. Although their grandmother knew it, they had never heard it. They sang it all the way down the mountain. By the way, Ticos are the people of Costa Rica, not a kind of taco. Thank you for thinking I misspelled something. School tomorrow. I have to get my lunchbox ready and go to bed early.

... asked me to open the window, meanwhile the old lady picks up someone else's bags, pretending they are her own and saying "perdon mi amor, mi amor" they both hop off the bus and the poor tourist on the other side of the bus is two bags down. Eventually we arrive at our no breakfast included hotel and are taken to Desafio, our tour company and told to "pay up". Errr. i thought we had. No, the "beautiful night hike around the ...