Last Days at the Beach

Hi all.
So the time we stayed in Puerto Viejo was spent doing a little snorkeling, a little body surfing, some beach walking, and a little jungle hiking. We wanted to do a Cacao tour, but we could not make it happen this trip. It was nice not having a schedule and just taking it easy. We couldn't help but feel that our trip was coming to an end so we were also battling the blues. We had a good dinner last night at Loco Naturales in Puerto Viejo and took off this morning for San Jose.

We drove back to San Jose through Turrialba. On the way we decided to stop and check out the tallest volcano in Costa Rica, Volcan Irazu (3400 + meters in elevation). It is supposedly still active, but not terribly. It is a long drive through some ag land up to the top of the volcano, but unfortunately when we finally arrived, the man at the gate told us that it was too cloudy and they were closing in an hour. Basically, he wasn't going to let us in. Oh well. The drive was nice anyway!!


We managed to get through San Jose again. Man, it's a crazy place to drive! We found the hotel that we will call home for the next two nights. Its a pretty posh place right downtown, Hotel Presidente. We'll see if the noise from the street and bars ever dies down.