Unfortunately the weather God was against me and it poured down with rain the whole time I was in Puerto Viejo, so none of the tours where running and there wasn´t much to do. Walked around this little hippie / rasta town, read a book in the hammocks in the hostel, talked to some of the other trapped backpackers etc... On my last day the weather cleared though and had a couple of hours on the beach before leaving for San Jose.

Sailed across the lake and got to La fortuna. Was exited to see the Arenal vulcano, unfortunatly it didn´t quite look like it did on all the postcards in town. It hadn´t been active in a year and it was covered in cloud so couldn´t see it at all. It was still a nice trip though our guide told us about the history of the place, the different plants, pointed out birds and monkeys along the way and the view from the lookout point was pretty spectacular, eventhoug...

Arrived late last night into Monteverde, in much cooler wheather than Tamarindo and suddenly now I am in the mountains. Beautiful but a bumpy and windy ride ... Today I was booked on a Ziplining tour as part of my Bamba Buspass. The name of the company had me slightly worried " Canyoning Extremo " didn´t sound too enticing given the fact that I am slightly afraid of hights. I figured I would just go there and see what it was and if it freaked me out too much ...

So am in Tamarindo a cozy little beach town. Went snorkelling today, the water wasn´t all that clear, but I did see a spotted eagle Ray and the guide caught a puffer fish all scared it blew itself up and looked like a little balloon, much to the amusement of me and two little girls from Texas who had never travelled or snorkled before ...

Arrived into San Jose in the evening of the 5th and checked into my hostel " Casa Yoses " a cozy backpackers and with english speaking staff - admittedly a relief after Equador where nobody spoke english. Had a Bamba Experience transfer the next day to Manuel Antonio. Didn´t do much the first day, needed to get my laundry done etc. so just walked around the town and relaxed by the pool at the hostel. The view was pretty spectacular, the hostel is on the top of ...