We had a midday checkout before our afternoon transport to Santa Elena. It was coffee and cakes on the rocking chairs whilst we read up on where else we ought to go in Costa Rica. La Fortuna and Santa Elena are 25km apart as the crow flies but there is a volcano, the country's largest lake, seven rivers and the Cordillera de Tilaran (a mountain ridge) in between. This has prevented anyone building a direct paved route between the two. There are three options to...

It was a rather lazy morning for us, drinking lots of free coffee and munching our way through a box of Oreo cookies while we rocked back and forth on our balcony chairs. We decided last night that we would skip climbing the volcano which was not actually active anymore in terms of constant lava flow. It was the drawcard for the area a few years ago but now it was more about Hot Springs. There was a waterfall close by on Rio Fortuna that was supposed to be very...

Yesterday was one of those days we spent on routine chores like laundry and trying to make our plans a bit more concrete. Reading travel guides and scouring the internet from the shade of Casa de Papel's patio and jumping in the pool occasionally made it a whole lot easier. In the evening we went to Cafe Liberia, an LP recommendation which was fantastic. The waitress was hilarious especially when she couldn't understand the Scottish pronounciation of 'water' - sh...