Woken up by the howler monkeys, seemingly just outside our cabin.
After breakfast we left Tortuguero for the journey to La Fortuna. Fortunately we traveled in a covered boat for this journey to meet the onward road transport. Very shortly after setting off the skies opened. For the road journey our group had our own mini-coach with room to spread out.
On arrival we stopped at the Wave Expedition offices to arrange a few activities for the coming days with the helpful Vanessa. Wendy was keen to try the abseiling down the waterfalls but that tour seemed to be fully booked. This could be combined with a white water rafting trip, which we did manage to sign up for. www.waveexpeditions.com
After the arrival at our hotel, Lomas del Volcan, we had a message that Vanessa had managed to squeeze Wendy onto the abseiling (rappelling) trip the next morning.
The accommodation was individual cabins set on the hillside with a prime view of the Arenal Volcano, except for the clouds that is. The cabins were large and spacious with our own veranda to admire the volcano were it not for the aforementioned clouds.
The best view of the active volcano is apparently from the opposite side. But a planned visit to an observation platform was eschewed in favour of a visit to the hot springs, because of the clouds.
The hot springs were a great hit primarily because they were hot, a range of different pools with different temperatures were available. We even tried out the water slide. It was quite something to relax in a hot pool with a cold drink while the rain came down. The only problem was when it was time to get out, a bit of a shock to the system.
Did we mention the clouds?
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