Costa Rica April 2007 - Day 1
Our flight departed early in the morning so we were on the road to the airport before dawn. The flights were uneventful. We went to Houston, changed planes in Houston, then boarded a flight for San José, Costa Rica. The flight to Costa Rica was about 3.5 hours (we were shown a heavily edited version of "Casino Royale" in flight).
We landed, went through passport control, obtained our luggage, went through customs and headed for the car rental counter. We then boarded a shuttle to the main rental facility and went through the (slow) process of renting a mini-SUV for our excursions.
Our hotel had good directions from San José so we used those in conjunction with a couple of maps we had. The roads were actually in fairly good condition (and paved). After about an hour, the roads became narrower, with one lane bridges interspersed here and there and it was very very curvy and often very steep. Luckily, I'm no flatlander and I learned to drive in the Rockies.
We arrived at Arenal at around sunset and checked in to our hotel. It isn't actually a hotel, per say, but more a series of small one room cottages. Each one has an incredible view of the volcano. Unfortunately, the top portion of the cone was fogged in so we couldn't really see it. After settling in, we headed down to the restaurant at the hotel for dinner. After dinner, we headed into the closest town, La Fortuna, which is about 10 minutes away (we passed through it on our way to the hotel). In La Fortuna, we purchased some water and juice at a small market.
When we returned to our room, we made plans for Wednesday to visit the Arenal Hanging Bridges and La Fortuna Waterfall.
Click here for Day 2.
We landed, went through passport control, obtained our luggage, went through customs and headed for the car rental counter. We then boarded a shuttle to the main rental facility and went through the (slow) process of renting a mini-SUV for our excursions.
Our hotel had good directions from San José so we used those in conjunction with a couple of maps we had. The roads were actually in fairly good condition (and paved). After about an hour, the roads became narrower, with one lane bridges interspersed here and there and it was very very curvy and often very steep. Luckily, I'm no flatlander and I learned to drive in the Rockies.
We arrived at Arenal at around sunset and checked in to our hotel. It isn't actually a hotel, per say, but more a series of small one room cottages. Each one has an incredible view of the volcano. Unfortunately, the top portion of the cone was fogged in so we couldn't really see it. After settling in, we headed down to the restaurant at the hotel for dinner. After dinner, we headed into the closest town, La Fortuna, which is about 10 minutes away (we passed through it on our way to the hotel). In La Fortuna, we purchased some water and juice at a small market.
When we returned to our room, we made plans for Wednesday to visit the Arenal Hanging Bridges and La Fortuna Waterfall.
Click here for Day 2.
Comments
Post a Comment