Tuesday, June 16, 2009










We found out today that the sun comes up really early in Costa Rica. It was about 5:30 am and it was as bright as about noon would be. After eating our breakfast, our rental car was delivered. We rented a Hyndai Tucson for a really good deal. The locals pronouce it Tooxon. We threw our backpacks in the car and started our journey to La Fotuna. The drive was a total of about 125km. Costa Rica doesn't name any of their roads. There are just signs pointing to the next town. Danielle was an informative passenger. She read all of the signs to me. I think it took us about 4 hours or so with stopping for lunch. We decided to upgrade our room for the next two nights and stay at a really nice resort. The price includes access to 25 hot spring pools with 12 different temps (one is 152F - ouch), waterfalls, waterslides, tropical gardens, buffet dinner, and breakfast. It has a beautiful view of the Arenal Volcano, which is the smallest, but most actice volcano in Costa Rica. We got to see it for a little bit when the clouds parted just enough. The thunderstorms here are very intense. The thunder is so loud that it shakes the windows. At first we thought the volcano was exploding! We are going to stay here tomorrow night as well and hope to post some pics of the volcano if the weather coroperates.








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