After leaving Monteverde, we drove through the verdant Costa Rican countryside to Volcan Arenal, one of the most spectacular active volcanoes in all of Central America. There is a slight catch though: the volcano is often covered with clouds since the area gets about 20 feet of rain a year. Unfortunately for us, the volcano was completely obscured by clouds the entire 48 hours we were there.As we're traveling on a budget that gets tighter and tighter as our trip gets longer and longer, we are working diligently to keep expenses down. We try to buy food in supermarkets instead of eating in restaurants, camp rather than stay in hotels, and hit the tiendas for beer rather than go to bars. After driving for 2 hours around the town of La Fortuna looking for a cheap place to stay, we stumbled upon Cabinas Don Carlos. While their cabinas were about $50/person, they were kind enough to let us park our car on their beautifully landscaped grounds and camp overnight for free. We ended up giving them around $8 USD for their generosity, and got a coffee and juice in the morning in return.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Our most expensive cheap day yet
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Hi you two. I have been following your blog for several months now getting ideas. I started a trip to Central America a few days ago on a motorcycle. Take a look at my website at http://lamanchamedia.org
ReplyDeleteYou will probably be in SA by the time I am where you are but it would be great to keep in touch.
Dave Whalen
I went to that hotspring when I was at Arenal as well. Man do I wish I were there right now!!
ReplyDeleteWhat no hollower monkeys jumped out of trees and coming after you? No jumping over rock walls knees first? No driving half drunk to the nearest DR office to have your friend knee sown up?
ReplyDeleteWell your just missing all the fun this time around ;)
We got so lucky when we were there. Two days of cloud free volcano viewing.
By the way have you guys seen any oversize beetles yet?
No oversized beetles yet - nothing to make Chris scream like a little girl. Oversized grasshopppers and toads, but that's it.
ReplyDeletewow, that sure beats the office.
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