Today we made our way north to Arenal/La Fortuna. The two English boys we had met while jumping were also headed that way and we offered to give them a ride in exchange for pitching in on the gas money. After hearing about how we took the longest, hardest route possible to get to Monteverde, our host, Jose, made sure that we had a map and knew which road we ought to take to get to Arenal. Along the way we stopped at the Volcano Brewing Company for a taste of their beers and some lunch.
Sampler from Volcano Brewing. The beers were decent (two of their own, two from a sister company), but tasted somewhat watered down compared to what I'm used to. Not bad though considering everything else tastes like a Budweiser clone!
Lake Arenal with the Arenal volcano behind
View of Lake Arenal from across our table at the brewery
Once we reached La Fortuna, we dropped the guys off at their hostel and returned to ours to check in. We knew we were going to be staying in a dorm, but the place had music blasting and people everywhere - it felt more like Cancun on Spring Break than a vacation in Costa Rica! Regardless, we got ourselves settled and walked into town for a bit.
A shot of our dorm room
On our way back, we ran into Will and James and decided we would try our hand at a new game of cards. They met us at our hostel where several of the people we met in Monteverde were also staying. We ended up getting a huge group together to play which was really fun.
One of the games we learned
We decided to look into the hostel Will and James were staying at, and as it turns out the hostel was nicer, quieter, and we could have our own room and private bathroom for less than we were paying for a dorm room. So, we switched the following day.
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