La Fortuna!

We left Tortuguero this morning and headed away from the Caribbean coast to more of the center...we are now in Fortuna, which is most famous for having a volcano super close by. The volcano´s name is Arenal.

A Dutch woman we met in Tortuguero told us she stayed here for 3 days and never actually saw the volcano. It was covered in clouds. But, our amazing luck continues and we had a beautiful clear view of the volcano as we drove here. And, our hotel (at a special price) has an amazing view of the volcano as well. It is gorgeous! We are going to try to get a picture of it for you here.

We have been exploring the town for a bit...it is a tourist town with every other store selling tours or souvineers or both.

The plan for tomorrow is to pack it full. Possibly, ATV tour in the morning and then a hike near the volcano and/or waterfalls in the afternoon. Guess which one Tom is most excited about??

We will keep you posted.

Also, we did go turtle seeking last night, and we found one. It was a Green Turtle (an endangered species) and she was laying her eggs on the sand. There were about 100 tourists there (more than we had seen the whole time in that village) and it was a bit nutty, but the guides did a fairly good job of keeping things in control so the turtle could have a positive experience. She laid about 100-150 eggs (think Ping Pong balls for shape and size) and then she covered them up. That´s when our guide had us leave so she could have some peace -- although we were the only ones leaving at that time. That beach by late July-ish will have thousands of turtles laying eggs on it. Amazing! (To find her, we did hike a couple of miles each way in the sand -- speed walking in sand kinda sucks!)

So, we get to do laundry tonight. Living large in Fortuna! I think I have convinced Tom to get some ice cream. ;-)

Love you all!