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So, from Monteverde we hopped back on the bus and travelled 5 hours to our new destination, Quepos. On the way we stopped at the ´Crocodile Bridge´, a motorway bridge over a river, which was full of crocodiles! Got some good photos of them (they were huge), but unfortunately they obstinately refused to eat the nearby heron. Shame. Quepos is a beach town, about 6km away from Manuel Antonio National Park, also on the beach. Our hotel was about equidistant betwee...

Ok, so finally a suitable photo, that actually is the cloud forest. It´s beautiful, so lovely. Arrived in Monteverde yesterday after a short ferry trip across Lake Arenal in the grey, rainy morning. We rocked up to Rancho Makena, where we all jumped on horses and did a 2 hour horse trek through the cloud forest - absolutely beautiful, despite my horse being the most temperamental little b***** ever. ´Dynamite´was not an appropriate name for what was truly t...

So, am now in La Fortuna, a town at the foot of the Arenal volcano, which is still very active. Scary. Last day in San Jose was spent with some more sightseeing. It was freaking cold in the morning, so trekked it pretty fast to the national post office, and round the outside of the National Museum (extortionate entry prices and strict budgeting restricted my entry), before heading to the National Park to sit for a while and watch the world go by. I headed to m...

Again, central San Jose does not look like that picture... but I can dream... So, making the most of free internet access by updating now in case I can't get on for the rest of the week. Breakfast at the hotel was fantastic - the best scrambled eggs i've ever tasted, and tea (which is a real luxury over here, let me assure you). If you ever need to spend a couple of nights in San Jose, the Hotel Rincon de San Jose in Barrio Otoya is very highly recommended inde...