Blogs from San Carlos, Alajuela, Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean

For our last day in Fortuna it was a full one! We started out by heading to Fortuna Waterfalls, apparently just a short walk down the road. Fortunately we brought 'Sammy the carolla', because it would have been quite a hike! Before the hike that is actually quite a large and well groomed park. There were many steps going down the waterfall to swim - they say about 500 but there must have been much more on the way up for all the complaining from our little friend, Scott. Probably the most complaints this whole trip. Maybe something to do with the temperature of the water? Scott didn't swim, but he did wander about in the shallow pools below the main waterfall. There were a couple of schools of pretty big fish to scare off, so ... read more

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Geo: 9.74892, -83.7534This morning everyone enjoyed the pastries Mom bought at the store last night. Then we went for a dip in the pools before the place opened to the public. It turns out that we didn't have to rush. It's been busy the last two days because of yesterday's holiday. Today was very quiet. Since Johan was feeling better and there weren't any day visitors he offered to take us on a hike around the property. We like it that when people take us on hikes they usually bring their machetes. What follows later in conversation is some level of consternation and incredulity when the guide says, "You don't have a machete at home?"The hike wasn't at all difficult and had some nice views. We saw another tree frog. This one was smaller and mostly ... read more

Geo: 10.3751, -84.3405Mark arranged for an early breakfast for us at 7:10 so we could eat with Dad before he headed to the airport. This morning was mixed fruit served in a pineapple boat and coconut French toast. It was excellent. We said sad farewells down by the gate. Our hope was to visit the local wild animal rescue this morning, but they appear to be mostly on vacation at the moment. At least no one is answering the phone. So we chilled around the Treehouse a bit and packed up our stuff for another transfer. This one is shorter, about 45 minutes.Wait, strike that. We got through to the animal rescue and the roads were terrible and the trip took closer to two hours. Mark unexpectedly showed up at our room with the news that ... read more