La Fortuna is only a short 3hr bus ride away from San José and it's where we journeyed to on the second day of the trip. A few embarassing tunes and an Abbey look alike sighting later we arrived. The weather is typical tropical weather, on and off raining, cloudy, warm and humid.
We then all had a lunch of traditional Costa Rican food, Casado which is meat, rice, beans, corn chips and salad... it's huge! We went for a walk around town (about 15min stroll from our hotel) then set off for a waterfall to have a swim in.
The waterfall was under a road bridge which was kind of weird. To get in we had to jump 2 meters into the water that was only 8ft deep so I opted out of that one but about 1/2 went swimming.
We then checked into our hotels had some downtime and started getting ready for the spa (man made) hot springs. They were amazing, 10 pools ranging fro 25°c to 50°c and we sat in them while it was raining. We were there from 6.30 till 10 and had dinner at the traditional style buffet.Our bus forgot to come and pick us up so the tour guide Ricardo organised taxis instead.
After a super quick shower and change of clothes we were ready to go ring in the new year Costa Rican style. Sipping on sugar cane rum and orange juice we dance the night away at an outdoor concert with live Latin American music. It had been raining all day so the field was full of mud, making the experience all the more fun! At midnight the fireworks went off and continued for around an hour, which is when the torrential rain started! We were all filthy anyway so just continued attempting to dance like all the locals until we got pulled up on stage by the host. There was hardly anyone left at this point so we danced on the stage as a big group for around half an hour before heading home.
Thinking getting clean was a good idea at 3am we all stood in the pool up to our thighs unsuccessfully trying to wash the dirt off. We then headed back to the Canadian's cabin and played Cards Against Humanity before heading off to bed at 4.15!
Some of the crew have to be up at 7am tomorrow for the Waterfall jumping activities tomorrow but as thats not a great idea post microdiscectomy I may treat myself to a sleep in and explore some more before going to the natural hot springs in the afternoon.
Adios
- K x
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