The Plan

So here's the plan:

There is no plan.

We have our first night covered, but that's it. After that, an extremely loose set of ideas of which one is for sure:

We travel to the town of La Fortuna, where we see the majestic Mt. Arenal. Arenal is an active, yes, active volcano which spews and rumbles and belches fire. At La Fortuna we make a base of operations to go hiking, horseback riding, night hiking, possibly river rafting, and more hiking. They say you can feel and hear the rumbling all the time--I am trying to imagine that. There are lodges which overlook the lava flowing down the mountain. Then, trekking high above the canopy in suspension bridges in Santa Elena.

the possible next idea is to go to the east, to a river-town called Puerto Viejo de Sarapaqui, and take a riverboat to the east coast. The Rio Sarapaqui goes north and skirts Nicaragua, dropping down on the farthest north on the Caribbean, to the town of Tortuguero, where we may see Giant Sea Turtles nesting.

Then...?

Maybe Panama. The North of Panama has a small Island chain called Bocas del Toro, but i don't think we have time for that.

Stay tuned....Next post: Costa Rica.