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| Volcano Arenal (taken with a dirty lens...) |
It was a pity we had only 2 nights in Monteverde, as there was so much more to do around the area: not only the great trails and forests around, but there are also many activities in the area - ziplining, hanging bridges, hummingbird and butterfly gardens...
But we had our transportation reserved to Arenal, so we left next day morning. Although Arenal is not too far from Monteverde, you have to go around a big lake that lies between, so usually it would take about 6 hours. However, there is a shorter and more fun way: to go across the lake. The service was transfer from our hotel to the lake by car where we waited about an hour for the boat (finally it went away fast watching birds on the surrounding trees).
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| this was not our boat... |
The boat tour was about 40 minutes, with beautiful view to the Volcano Arenal. On the other side of the lake, cars were waiting for us to drop us off at the hotels. Our hotel was the first one, as it turned out quite outside of the city, La Fortuna. We reserved this hotel to see the volcano and the lava flowing. Now, it turned out that our guidebook was lying... the volcano stopped its activity since 4 years and not only lava, but not even smoke or gases erupt any more. (I guess, that guidebook should have been updated in 4 years...) It was a big disappointment for me, because I was really looking forward to see an active volcano with all the lava and everything. Although the view from the hotel was great, there wasn`t much to see (it was a bit cloudy as well, so the volcano couldn`t be seen in full), so we decided to go to a hot spa. Of course, being around a volcano, hot spas are quite popular in the area.
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| on of the 25 pools in Baldi Spa |
Our hotel receptionist recommended Spa Baldi and told us which bus to take, so after lunch we headed there. The spa was great! On one side the hotel, on the other side, 25 (!) pools with waters of different temperatures. There were slides and sauna and waterfalls, it was just great! After 3 years in Mexico, showering every day, it was great to finally soak in hot water for hours! After we were warmed up from our own cores, we went to have dinner. (A buffet dinner was included in our ticket.)
Finally it was already dark when we got back to the hotel all warmed up, relaxed and with full tummy.
The next day (as there was nothing to look at the volcano, unfortunately...) we joined a boat tour to Cano Negro, a reservation near the borders of Nicaragua...
More pictures from here! →Arenal
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