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Le 14 août 2022, Ce matin, je suis encore debout à 5:00. Cette fois, c'est gracieuseté des singes hurleurs, qui nous donnent tout un concert dans les arbres pas très loin de nous. Personnellement, ça me rend de bien bonne humeur pour la journée à venir! Après un petit-déjeuner en famille, nous partons pour une vingtaine de minutes de voiture en direction du célèbre Rio Celeste-rivière bleue. Bien que perdu au milieu des champs, l'endroit est plus touristique que ce à quoi je m'attendais. La visite ne se fera définivement pas en solo. Nous payons notre dû pour entrer dans le parc national et entamons notre balade de la matinée. Ainsi, pour se rendre au petit bijou qu'est le Rio Celeste, nous devons d'abord randonner pour 1,5 kilomètre sur un sentier bien aménagé, mais qui grimpe ... read more
Sentier facile au Rio Celeste
L'aventure qui nous attend
Faudra remonter plus tard


Driving in Costa Rica was proving to be a frustrating experience. The distances were short – Costa Rica was about the size of North Georgia – but the travel times were long. We were learning that if Google Maps said it should take two and a half hours that we needed to double it and if a Costa Rican said it should take an hour and a half it would be more like four. The trouble was that the posted speed limits were slow and the roads were uniformly bad. There were some nice paved roads, but even they were clogged with traffic and slowed by frequent towns and even more frequent school zones. There were unmarked speed bumps, absurdly aggressive drivers, potholes the size of small cars – we were driving a small car – ... read more
Plato Tipico
Crossing the Blue River
Looking Over Lago Arenal


I am interested in hiking in the Rio Celeste area. I've just heard that you can no longer swim around the waterfall nor soak in the hot spings of this area. Does anyone know more about this and if so, do you know if this rule will be lifted any time soon? If not, do you know of any other places close to soak in the hot springs that isn't too touristy? Thanks!... read more




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