But going back a day, we arrived into Liberia (a city in Costa Rica, not the country!) at midday. The airport had the best border guard to passenger ratio we've ever seen and you even checked in with the hire car company whilst waiting for your luggage which meant that the whole arrivals process was as efficient as something you'd expect from the Swiss. However, sadly it is becoming clear that this was not indicative of the rest of the country. We ended up being very fortunate to be able to pick up our hire car; various other people were told despite having bookings, that they had no cars left. Somehow in all this, they'd decided to reserve one for us - which meant they had to sneak Alistair out the back, so everybody else wouldn't see. Whatever was going on we were very pleased that despite having to wait a while we got a car, as after three flights we were starting to get weary.
A LONG drive later and we arrived at our first destination at night.
We awoke to glorious blue sky, Sunshine and the imposing Arenal volcano:
The place we are staying (Essence Arenal) is a funky, vegetarian, Eco lodge which has it's own farm and great views of the volcano. The downside is that it is many kilometers up a dirt road, although we soon discovered the faster you drive, the less you feel the bumps....
Great pictures! I really like the wildlife, especially the red-headed (ducks?)
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