La Choza Inn La Fortuna

... puffing their way up. Once we got to the first platform Isabella was the first to go. For a brief moment I thought she was going to back out and let her fear get the best of her, but as everyone reassured her that mommy and daddy would be right behind her and that she would be safe she stepped up on the platform and off she went! We would find out soon enough if she liked it or not!

Right behind Isabella Susie took to the cables and ...

... dem kalten Flusswasser mischt. Es vergeht mindestens eine Stunde, bevor wir uns widerwillig wieder aus dem Wasser bewegen. Wo auch immer wir am Fluss vorbeikommen, koennen wir die Farbe seines Wassers einfach nicht glauben. Noch unglaublicher wird es allerdings, als wir an seinen Entstehungsort kommen. Dort fliessen 2 klare bis leicht brauenliche Fluesse zusammen, und peng, das Wasser ist blau. Auf den Bildern werdet ihr richtig eine blaue Linie an der Stelle sehen ...

Wir lassen Kuba hinter uns und fliegen ueber die Karibik nach Costa Rica. Am Flughafen werden wir gleich mit der Angst vor der Schweinegrippe konfrontiert. Ueberall laufen die Leute mit Mundschutz herum und wir muessen noch ein riesiges Formular ausfuellen, wo wir bestaetigen, dass wir uns auch wirklich in keiner Weise schlecht fuehlen oder gar Fieber haben. Wie wir im Nachhinein erfahren, darf man hier gleich wieder nach Hause fliegen, falls man irgendwo das ...

our horse ride was brilliant. we went and met kevin our cowboy (not the most likely name for a cowboy but anyway) and off the four of us rode up over the hills and fields and streams and galloped along the footpaths.stopped to have a beer which we assume was the complementary snack that was included in our tour.. after four hours we were very sore and walking like john wayne. got dropped at our lovely hotel on a hill and ...

... We stayed overnight in the big city of San Jose and took a look around. The city and really all of Costa Rica is pretty modernized and pretty clean. Bus transportation is plentiful and cheap which works for us! Ticos speak a lot of English which is very helpful for us. We are beginning to understand that much of Central America is going to be about the landscape rather than the culture/history. So to the scenery we went. We visited ...

from ometepe in nicaragua we went down to playa maderas, a little surf beach nar san juan del sur where we camped free for a couple of days and rented a board for some more wave riding. lindsey is improving and is able to get up fairly consistently and is getting better ant getting onto waves without a push. simon is still struggling with his balance but managed to stand up a litle more easily as well. we ...

... movie. And from there we descended to a huge waterfall, and a swimming hole at the base of it. The waterfall must have been a couple hundred feet high and was really powerful. Couldnīt swim under it or even within 20 feet of it because the force of the falls pushed outward. Only stayed for about a half hour.. because we had to saddle up again before it got dark, but I could have stayed there all day. The only problem with the horseback ride was that ...

... group and was the only one that went swimming at the base of the waterfall. He is quite the inspiration!! We went to have lunch before we headed home and for the first time all weekend the clouds lifted from the volcano and we had a great view! Of course I left my camera in the van so I don't have a good picture of it, but it was breathtaking!! Arenal is everything you imagine when you think of Costa Rica...it was a great weekend!

... de pollo con arroz y abichuelas". Al llegar al hostal quedamos con un grupito de gente para ir a tomar una cervecita al bar de al lado, Hugo pudo cumplir con la cerveza de rigor, Toni por el contrario lo dio todo de nuevo y alargo mas de la cuenta lo que debia ser un lunes tranquilo... El martes, en plena forma, decidimos ir caminando a la catarata de la Fortuna, nos habian avisado que el recorrido era un poco duro, pero no solo era un poco duro, era una ...

... and he went on to find another hotel. That was the last I saw of him!

The next day I joined a small group to go white water rafting down the Rio Toro. After my adrenalin rush in Honduras, there was no way I was going to pass up another opportunity! Unfortunately there was a lot of rain about, but that didn't bother me too much as I knew I was going to get wet anyway. There was some great scenery along the Rio Toro; huge canyons covered in dense foliage, and lots of ...