To The Volcano

Last night we went out for a nice stroll, we were on the look out for some cool gifts for family back home. After walking and looking for an hour or two it was time for dinner. We were half way to this cute little Indian Restaurant when we noticed that Oscar had fallen asleep on Chris' shoulder. We thought he would wake up, but he didn't, and so Chris left for the hotel, and Callym and I stayed for dinner. We've found it a little harder to be hungry here at times, the altitude, heat, humidity, and so on can really mess with you! Anyways, we had a lot of packing to do, our ride was picking us up at 7:50 the next day and we were off to the Arenal Volcano! Oscar ended up getting around 12 or 13 hours of sleep, and the next beautiful and refreshing morning we were ready to go. There are two different ways to get to La Fortuna, one way is to drive the entire way - a 4 and a half hour drive and only the last 25 minutes is paved. That is a big deal! The second way, and the way we opted for was to take a taxi to Lake Arenal, take a boat across, and take another taxi to our hotel. Taking this route would actually cut off an hour and a half! So, early in the morning, and completely refreshed we were off. The drive was a bumpy one to the lake, but the boys did fantastic. We were nearly to the lake when we all heard a loud "Klu- Klunk" It sounded like something large had fallen off the van. Chris said it was something to do with the Trannie. Our driver called the other van that was taking people to the lake, and it seems as though their van had broken down as well. Too Funny! So we were waiting for another van to come and get us. We were only 5 minutes away at this point. As we were waiting the other van drove by us and smiled, they knew how we felt. So, when we finally got another car, it was 5 minutes to the lake, and we were off on the boat. The boat ride was beautiful. Lake Arenal is huge and calm. The boat ride took 30 minutes, and there was another taxi waiting to take us to the Hotel. The road here was paved and was too amazing! 25 minutes later we were at Los Lagos. Our new home for the next 3 days.

Los Lagos is a resort and spa. Something very common here due to the Volcano. Everyone is offering massages, and treatments with Lava or mud from the volcano. We are off the see it in the next few days. A real Volcano! Too cool. I hope we see some great spurts of Red Hot Lava coming from it!

Lukies Off.....