Bosque de Paz
Travel Blogs from Bajos del Toro
White-river rafting
... days. It took him 3 hrs to get to our port. I give these kids a lot of credit. They played games and just hang out. Bus arrived and we too off, and about one hour later we ran into a tree of monkeys hanging over the road...was pretty awesome. Big activity was white-water raftrip on the Sarapiqui River. Was awesome...just awrsome. Worth the ...
Surfs up, Jurys out!!
... with the last leg running alongside the Ocean - booyam, my fav. Rocked up to our hostel ´The Toucan´ at around 8pm and were welcomed by an array of twinkly fairy lights lining our path. It was a magical travellers get away eqipped with hammocks, funky lights and various other twinkly arty bits. For me it was an instant hit! couldn´t have planned it better myself! Our plan of staying in hammocks was quickly upgraded to a private room with air con as we ...
El Primer Noche
After arriving at the airport, I called home (and my parents didnt answer) So I called my boyfriend and told him to tell my parents I made it. Then I got my luggage and went through immigration and customs. I was nervous because I was running behind (or so I thought) and I ...
A fortunate find in Fortuna...
After 7 hours on a bus we arrived in the small Northern town of La Fortuna and checked into the Sleepers hostel, run by the friendly Mauricio.
La Fortuna itself isn't a very inspiring place; most people just use it as a base from which to visit the nearby highly active Volcan Arenal.
Like most of Costa Rica, Fortuna is a real gringos playground, with more english spoken than spanish. However despite being ...
Volcan Arenal and hot springs
Wow, what an adventure this has been... it keeps going too.
We have been in the mountains for about a week or so. Spent Christmas there. We got to see the volcano from the hotel where we stayed on the 2nd day we were there. It was a cloudy but not rainy as it was all the other days. It was chilly too, a taste of what is to come once we arrive back home to Seattle.
Once we saw the clear day, we headed out to ...