Starting in the Basement

After zipping through the forest we asked the driver to take us into La Fortuna instead of bumping back up the road.  We decided to have lunch at a Soda, which is a small Costa Rican restaurant with typical food.  Since we were in a tourist town there was still a cheeseburger on the menu but the chicken special with a mora (blackberry) juice was quite delicious.  We were not exactly sure what to do next but the Fodor’s guide suggested the La Fortuna waterfall as a top “pick.”  One of the tour sellers told us we had three options to get there, ride a horse, take a taxi or walk.  It was about 5 kilometers he said.  Frenchie told everybody who asked that I do not like horses which is totally not true!  I actually love all animals (except that stupid scorpion) but I prefer to just look at horses and not ride on them.  Plus a lot of the horses there looked really unhealthy and I just thought it would be sad.

Thank goodness we decided to go with the taxi because it was hot and 5 K was probably not really 5K and we saw one woman who decided to walk and she looked hot and pissed.

Once we got to the park it was about a 10 minute walk down a lot of stairs to see the waterfall.  The guide said swimming was an option once we got down there but I didn’t feel like changing into my swimsuit in the middle of the jungle so we just waded around.  It was very relaxing and beautiful and besides all the tarzan-like trees around, kind of reminded me of Oregon creeks and brought back lots of memories of Lee Falls.  Don’t worry, I did not jump off this one.

Fish!
After hoofing it back up to the park entrance we decided to share a taxi with a super sweet Atlantian (?) couple.  We then wandered around La Fortuna until it was time to go to the most awesome hot springs ever.

I did not take any pictures of the hot springs but here is the rundown.

• Amazing natural mineral hot springs with waterfalls you can sit under.
• A swim up bar with the worlds worst nachos (I am pretty sure about this)
• Amazing cooler pools with a light rain falling and stars out.
• Some douche stealing one of our towels which had a $20 deposit and me sweet talking the towel dude into a free towel.
• Dipping into a hidden pool in the back of the garden and discovering a couple gettin’ it on and promptly returning to the more well-lit area of the garden.

Just to make you even more jealous, here is the internet’s pictures of this beautiful place.

I could have spent all day here, although during the day it might have been a little warm…