We all arrived safely Saturday and on time - our accommodations in San Jose are quite nice - it's 4 joined homes turned into one big "hostel". Nice place with the most amazing breakfast you could imagine!!!!!
Saturday night was dinner at a quaint local place - typical Tico food - very tasty!!!
Sunday we wandered around town and toured the Gold Museum - amazing history of their monetary system and some great gold pieces.
Saturday night was a great dinner at Tin Jo - named the best PanAsian restaurant in the country - and I believe it!n It was amazing - lost of great Chinese food was had in celebration of Chinese New Year. We'll be going back again towards the end of our stay for some Indian food - which also smelled amazing!
Monday morning was early to rise and a lengthy ride to the car rental (rush hour!). We picked up our two SUV's and headed out for our adventure.
Our first stop was Volcan Poas - a huge volcano that you can drive to the top of and look into the crater. Lots of bubbling liquid and steam with a fairly strong odour of rotten eggs! Lots of pictures then a great hike through the park to look at the birds and vegetation.
Following this we began our journey to where we are now - however upon reaching a certain point in the road (after driving for about 45 minutes) a we were met by a HUGE sign starting "extreme danger of landslides due to earthquake damage!!) Hmmmmm... now what??
Back we went (45 minutes) then we had to take the long trek - about 4 hours as opposed to 2. Oh well - better then being thrown off a mountain side by a landslide.
We finally arrived - tired and hungry at Arenal Green only to find out they had made an error with our reservation - 3 nights instead of 4 (decided to deal with that issue in the morning!)
In the morning we got up early and headed to the La Fortuna Waterfall - what an amazing hike and site! After a 30 minute walk down very steep and wet stone steps, we finally reached the bottom - to see a huge, beautiful waterfall plummeting from about 300 feet above into a huge pool.
We wandered down stream a bit, took off our shoes and socks and walked through - how refreshing it was. Larissa decided walking wasn't enough for her so in she went - clothes and all - but had a great time.
After about an hour, we began the long and sweaty walk up. A bite to eat at our place and then into town we went for some sight-seeing and shopping.
Dinner last night was at Don Rufino - a great meal!!! What a find from Frommer's - I had the most amazing grilled Mahi Mahi, we shared some cevechie - mmmm. Definitely a great recommendation.
Today was an early start - 6:00 for a quick shower before our tour guide picked us up for a journey to Cano Negro Wildlife Reserve. A great trip - howler monkeys, white-faced capuchin monkeys and birds, birds, birds! A great trip for all of us.
Tonight - if the rain lets up a bit, we are off to the Tabacon Hot Springs for relaxation and dinner.
Stay tuned for more!
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