We haven't really had good luck when it came to volanco climbing/watching. We've seen so many wonderful pictures of friends standing close to lava, and had hoped that Costa Rica's most active volcano would step up and show us what its all about. However, it wasn't the case. We arrived in beautiful mountains of Costa Rica and weren't entirely sure there was a volcano nearby – in actual fact, Arenal hides in clouds so much that we only saw it for a brief moment on the final day as we were checking out of our hotel. Arenal hasn't had an eruption since early October 2010 so there was no lava for us to see. And, like our time in the mountainous area of Panama, it rained pretty heavily for a lot of the day. We pottered around town buying wooden souvineers, eating in American style restaurants – I had my first proper salad for some time – quite the luxury.
On our day trip, we visited hanging bridges reserve and had a fantastic morning with mother nature. I spotted some howler monkeys (we heard them later on), we saw many species of birds, Costa Rica's famous blue jean frog (its tiny and red with bright blue legs, like its wearing jeans), snakes, Peccory (wild pigs) and sloths. After lunch the heavens erupted and it rained well into the night. So our walk on the edge of the volcano was sodden but interesting, and the luxurious hot springs were fantastic, but felt tepid as the cold rain fell. The moment the rain stopped the hot springs definetely felt hot. The springs were fantastic – they were certainly the poshest version we've ever been to - we had a drink poolside (and yes, they were pricey too) and then had a lovely dinner before returning to our hotel and then our jeep-boat-jeep connection to Monteverde the next morning.
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