23rd and 24th January 2016 We have just two days here in Arenal and today's activity is to visit the Hanging bridges and the wildlife within the park. This is another tour that has been arranged by those fabulous people at Trailfinders who I can't rate highly enough. Marie at our Exeter branch has always sorted out a fantastic itinerary to fit into the framework of what we want to see and where we want to go. The tours and folks we meet along the way o...

Hi all,As you read this we're in Costa Rica and I'm about 4 days behind with the blog but we've been very busy and I will catch up Asap. Plus wifi is sporadic.I usually get plenty of comments but I understand one or two might not be getting the blog. Could you do me a favour.  If you haven't made a comment on the blog or haven't read one because of difficulty (have you tried logging on to TRAVELPOD my name is wanderlizzy) try this or e.mail ...

 Friday 22nd January 2016 Believe it, or believe it not but by 6.45a.m. we are up, dressed, showered, packed and ready to go. It's been a noisy night in the jungle. At 5 a.m. a large branch of a tree crashed to the ground smashing into many pieces as it landed just a few metres from our cabin, back to sleep and then awoken by Howler monkeys at 5.30 doing their usual early morning calls! We clear out our room and take our bags down to the hotel dock on the ...