Quinta Esencia B&B Province of Guanacaste

... The volcano was clouded over, so we could only see the lower section of the lava flow, pretty **** poor considering I had been standing within a meter or two of lave in Guatemala!
After the volcano we went to a hot spring, the water was about 38 degrees. We floated around for about an hour before going back to town, having Burger King to celebrate my anniversary and a few beers before heading off to bed.
I was heading to Monteverde tomorrow, back on my own again!

... It was quite tricky also this way..what it means, we had so much fun!! Then he had to run all the way in the forest till the park exit, ask some people (a very nice couple from holland who had decided to make hollidays in Costarrica becouse they love horse riding...I didnīt know CR was a famous for that)), and then make autostop till the bus stop to Liberia (but we were licky and found somebody that in fact took us to Liberia). There, I called Lala, a friend of Marilu ...

... s, joined in. When she was called away Elizabeth, another girl who works here, would take her place. Everyone caught on very quickly and we had a lively game. What fun! In the end I managed to drink most of the wine all by myself as others were drinking white wine and beer...C'est la vie! Another tour I took in Fortuna was to see the lava. Unlike Kilauea in Hawaii, Arenal doesn't have a flow of lava. It randomly ...

... Sean Now that Karen has written War and Peace, I felt my Day 1 description was inadequate. After writing last night, we went to a local bar around the corner. While the place certainly looked a little shady from afar (we thought it may have been a strip club), it turned out to be a nice place. We hung out in the corner, had some drinks, discussed our plans for the next day, and generally expressed our pleasure with how our first day went. We woke up at seven ...

... bean and rice dish. I can see myself eating it for a while but like the chicken and rice dish... I will eventually ban it from my choice if I eat enough of it lol ugh ...pollo (chicken)... canīt stand eating it at this moment. Anyways, not much stories to tell but you will enjoy the ones that will be added about the Inca Trail. I am happy to say we get to sleep in tomorrow and start the day at 10 AM! Whoot whoot!

... were in my panniers. I patiently pulled them out. Mike meanwhile handed his over. The cop took Mike's. Mike not realizing or trusting the officer, after previous police experience grabbed his license back from the cop. The cop was even more angry with Mike and snatched it back. I kindly handed mine over knowing full well that Costa Rican Police are legitimate. The cop walked over and grabbed his ticket book from his partner. He started ...

... it has been very active. I wondered what they thought of tourist coming here and wanting to see a spectacular firework display We were living tommorrow, heading to San Jose the capital where we would part company. Dan was headed to South america and i was headed back to the caribbean coast looking for good weather. I would be in the capital for 2 days but no looking forward to it. Big cities are just harder to negioate. but we would see

... due to the high humidity. It was a tough 1.5hr steep climb to the top of the ridge, and then an equally steep descent to get to the bottom of the crater. The view of the crater lake was worth all the effort though, and as we sat at the side of the lake the clouds rolled in so that we couldnīt see more than a few metres ahead of us. However, the clouds would dissappear as quickly as they rolled in, and this allowed clear views across the mirror flat lake. At the lake we met ...

... it was quite dramatic, although nothing like the photographs all over town (apparently taken with time lapse techniques). The lava is solid and so it rolls rather than flowing. At times there were three or four lumps rolling down the slope. Wherever you are there are flows coming down the other slope that you can't see, so at times we could see the glow of a flow going down the other side of the ridge, but the lava itself was invisible to us.

... early enough and had a seat. People in this country drive like maniacs, including our bus driver. What I had read was true, the roads in this country aren't too good...alot of the trip we were even driving on dusty, dirt roads. We couldn't believe it, but the bus driver was actually dropping people off at thier doorsteps in the small towns that we were going through...we would literally stop and let people who lived 100 yds away from each ...