Having left Arenal, we headed to Monteverde or commonly known as the cloud forest. When we got there, you could see why. It was permantly shrouded in mist. The hostel was connected with the hostel we stayed in Areanal but it didnt have a pool and air conditioning but it was half the price. As gabs didnt have much time left and wanted to do some more surfing, we decided that we would do monteverde in a day and leave the following morning for as far as we could...

From San Jose, we took the local bus to La Fortuna, the nearest town to the Arenal Volcano, as the previous town was wiped out by the 1969 erruption, so the named it La Fortuna, or 'Fortunate'. We read in the guide book that 'talented thieves' operate on the bus between San Jose and La Fortuna. So on the bus we were quite cautious about our belongings. But as people started getting on and the bus became more crowded, (costa rican bus drivers clearly dont know ...

When we arrived in Siquirres, a small town onroute to San Jose, I needed some cash. But despite having 4 seperate banks, none would take my card, so I had to borrow some from Gabs rapidly depleting funds. We then caught the bus to Guapiles, and were told that we had missed the boat. But some old friendly woman told us another route than mainly locals took. After roughly a four hour boat journey, mainly in the dark, we arrived in Tortuguero. The group of four...