During a 4 day school break for American thanksgiving, we took our first road trip in Costa Rica to Rincon de la Vieja. This is a dormant volcano/national park about 3.5 hours north. Very exciting to get back on some paved roads for awhile and drive more then 40 km/hr! True to form, Terry decided we had lot's of gas and did not stop in Liberia (the last gas station before driving into never never land) but luckily (for him!) we did not run out.
We got our own little one room cabin amongst the mountain tops which were really beautiful. It was rather chilly,rainy,windy the first 2 days but a nice change in weather. Tried to get rid of our "Costa Rica Coughs" with the natural steam room (literally over a bubbling brook) but we still have them. Tried out the "too hot, too cold, just right pools" (just like goldilocks). Lasted about 5 minutes in the chilly swimming pool just long enough to order a pina colada at the pool bar. Terry and I enjoyed the mud but the kids refused to get dirty and freaked out when we just tried to put it on their legs. Not sure how they became clean freaks!
Had our horseback riding and zipline adventure canceled the first day due to high winds and skitish horses but managed to do it the day we left. No, Lindsay did not zipline but managed an hour on a horse which was pretty impressive!
Visited Playa Hermosa, a volcanic beach on the way back. Nice to stay at a hotel right on the water without big waves but trade off was the beach had a lot more garbage and the water was not as clean as Nosara. We did find lot's of "pipas" which are young coconuts. Pipa water is nature's gatorade and Terry cracked then open on a rock (becoming caveman, errrghh!)
Great to see another part of Costa Rica but no matter where we go we usually have the place to ourselves, curious not more touristos!
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