La Fortuna

We (Tamana, Grahm and myself) took the jeep-boat-jeep option of getting to La fortuna as opposed to the public bus. The first option takes only 3 hours, while the second 7 hours, hmmm, yep I'll pay more to get in faster.

We get into La Fortuna and it is pouring rain. We hadn't booked a hostel and the driver takes us to this one place. Again only 5 bucks per night. La Fortuna is home to Arenal Volcano, an active volcano. So that day we planned to go to the volcano and go to the hotsprings. The best time to view the volcano is at night, because that's when you can actually see the lava. However, it also has to be a clear night. Tamana and Graham actually went bungee jumping before and then we got picked up and headed to the volcano. We are actually pretty far when we view it, and it is pretty cloudy. The observation spot is just full of people looking at the volcano, waiting to see some lava. Then the rain comes, and it's raining hard, most people head back to the bus, while we stay and wait. Damnit we wanted to see some lava. Well lucky enough we did, but it wasn't the most exciting thing. Now the bus takes us to Baldi Hot Springs.

Here they have water from 85 to 150F, a bit too hot for me. We just got to relax and enjoy the water. They were pretty sweet. They also have two swim up bars, in which they rape you for drinks, 5 bucks for a beer (In the store they are less than a buck). Back to the hostel and soon to bed.

Tamana and I were either going rafting or rapelling down waterfalls. So we went to check out the times and prices. Found one and signed up for it.

They take us to the Lost Canyon. Here we get to rapell down five waterfalls total. Two of them are over 150ft. The rest of the time is just walking in the water until you get to each rapell. It was pretty awesome, plus our guides were great. They also give us a traditional lunch after which was fantastic. We got back from that and decided to come back into town. Here we ran into Greg and Joe (guys we hung out with from our last hostel). We went to dinner and planned on going to La Catarana de la Fortuna (the waterfall of La Fortuna) the following morning, before we left for Manuel Antonio. Again it was an early night, as there isn't much night life in La Fortuna, especially on a Sunday.

This morning we got up and went to the waterfall, it was pretty cool, you can swim in it, but it was pretty cold and rainy so we all skipped out, however we did get drenched walking back (about 4 miles) to town.

Today we are headed to Manuel Antonio, where I will spend the rest of my days before I head home on Thursday.