Talajari Resort Arenal Volcano National Park

... them to rent. On the way back Michelle spotted what she though was a raccoon, so we turned the car around and found out that it was actually a White Nosed Coati or Pizote as it is called in Spanish,. It has a long tail and nose with claws like a badger. When we got out to look at it we saw a whole family emerge from the woods, eight in all. Another car had stopped and they began feeding them bread, offering us some to feed them as well. They were quite aggressive ...

... clock has been disturbed, because I woke up at 5 AM and despite several attempts I was unable to sleep anymore. Took advantage of it and enjoyed the sunrise and managed to have a video chat conversation with my mother via Messenger. Pretty cool!!<br><br>At 830 I was supposed to have been picked up to go for the horseback riding I booked yesterday. However, they were running late, which meant that once on the horse, we had to hurry to catch up with the others. So how do you hurry on a ...

... br><br>Well, we also have the active Mayon Volcano with a much perfect cone, however, it is not as active as Arenal Volcano.<br><br>Then I asked myself, "why do I have to be in another country to be able to appreciate what we have in my own country?"<br><br>Please enjoy the pictures.... it's my first attempt to do macro-photography.<br>

... I took some Imodium and hoped for the best. <br><br>I woke up with all intentions of going for an early morning run, but the sleepless night left me lethargic and with little energy for anything. I wasn&#8217;t even able to write the blog entries for the past 2 days. It&#8217;s always takes a tremendous effort to sit down in front of the computer at the end of a tiring day sightseeing, but it is worth it when I go back, sometimes years, and re-read some of these entries ...

... amazing to see the hanging bridges above and below us.<br><br>That afternoon we took ourselves into La Fortuna and as we were parking the car I looked out of the window to see the clouds clear and the volcano revealed for the first (and last) time since we had been there. La Fortuna sits at the foot of the volcano and is an impressive presence when the clouds clear enough to catch sight of its cone. After the 1968 eruption La Fortuna ...

... and it was pretty expensive so I spent the afternoon walking around town with an american girl from the hostel and we went to a local soda (eatery) for lunch "typical" - beans, rice, palm hearts, banana and mash...tasty. That night we took a minibus to the other side of the volcanoe where you can see the lava. It was cloudy and raining so we didn{t see much but we could see a few pops and fizzes and runs of lava down the side of the volcano. Pretty crazy stuff to be that close to ...

... some money out and wanted to stay in there as it was the coolest place in town! We have spent all day dodging the sun, but tomorrow we are heading to the beach and I am going to lay out if it kills me!!!! Liberia is not that interesting, it is a small town on the main highway, pleasant, but not much to do. Most people head to the coast, but we only have 2 nights left, so we wanted to stay near the main bus terminal.

... clerk gave us a room with balcony view of Volcano Arenal. Also breakfast is included, great deal !!! After we settled into our room, we went to the tour agency to start our Volcano Arenal hike. As it turns out, we just hike near the volcano area without really climbing the volcano. Unfortunately, the entire afternoon was raining hard, we didn´t get to see too much of the volcano. The hike was in the rainforest. It ...

... we got dropped off at a bus stop in somewhere. I couldn't pronounce the name, and called it Tear-na-nog (from a book). We walked around, bought bread and juice, and found a store that sold Volcom for under $10. it was closed. shame. our bus came after an hour and it was luxury, cozy seats and big windows. we took the back and Nicole and Suzi watched SpyGame on my dvd player and i listened to music and looked out the window. one of my favourite hobbies. The ebb and flow of locals ...

... and using the internet and sunning ourselves. Tomorrow (after all the admin of today) we'll hit the beach. Jennah's friend Tina is joining us on thursday for a week adn they'll both be leaving MArch 1st (at which point I hope Jay will come down for 2 days, but currently it's up in the air). I haven't bought my ticket to Cuba yet as I'm waiting to see whether my friend Mia can join me from Bermuda, but I'm pretty excited about it. Otherwise life here is pretty ...