The Springs Resort and Spa at Arenal
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Travel Blogs from La Fortuna
Travel Day and Pineapples
... pastures where cows were grazing and some banana farms. We took a quick stop at the Del Monte Packaging plant to watch how they clean and package the bananas for shipping. After driving for a few hours we stopped for lunch at Rancho Roberto's. It was great to get up and stretch our legs and all the kids were able to play on the playground in the center of the restaurant, and the food was very good!
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Riding buses and walking on lava
... Once again we had just missed the bus we wanted and looking at the various timetables of the different bus companies it seemed as if we were in for another long wait. We went for a coffee and a snack and then heard shouts of “La Fortuna, La Fortuna”. This was where we wanted to go and so we bolted down the rest of our coffee and jumped onto the waiting bus. An hour later we reached the tourist town of La Fortuna, beneath Arenal ...
Monteverde and Monkeys!
... a few times a day, and always for breakfast since it seemed to be included for them too! Real little scrapers, and if man or monkey got between them and whatever they were after, it was on for young and old …
I did make it up to the Monteverde Reserve to see the cloud forest properly too. Really very beautiful, although that darned elusive quetzal remained, ...
Waterfall Mental test
... roadside place and I was hoping for a Casado which I still have not had!! Last time I lived on casados…every day. They did not even have a casado so I ended up with some fish and fries. It was overpriced and the service was genuinely terrible. We should have just stayed at the resort. We came back and went in the pool a bit and the Jacuzzi. I still have not tried out the fabulous patio Jacuzzi but I am hoping to do that tomorrow morning before we check ...
Hey where's our dog?
... I hoped but lots of pretty hummingbirds on the heliconias.
Day three I planned to head to another national park but it rained all morning so decided against it. The dog turned up at breakfast to drool at the watermelon and follwed to the supermarket (where he tried to follow inside, got told off and dutifully waited by the door) and then to the orchid garden. Had a tour (with actual magnifying glasses) for the tiny monteverde orchids that ...
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