Pura Vida means Pure Life: Resort Swag : Arenal Excursion

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This weekend we visited Arenal Volcano.

It was very long and whindy bus ride up there, but upon arrival it was evident that it was well worth it. Our Hotel was a massive resort with coi fish ponds, water slides , hot/thermal pools ... we had to take a shuttle from our rooms just to get to the lobby or restaurant. The view from our back porch was miles upon miles of vegetation and the volcano was in plane site. It was perfection.

It was pretty cloud so you couldn't see much of the volcano , but you could get the idea.

From our back door @ the Hotel Los Lagos

Horse back riding actually had me scared shitless the whole 1 1/2 ride . I've never been on a horse so I was like WTH is going on .... gripping the saddle & reigns/ for my life. My legs are sore from enduring the horse galloping to the top but I don't regret it. Once we got to the top we were directly across from the volcano and it was breath taking. So Horse back Riding in Costa Rica can be checked off my list .. not really my thangggg!

At night we would go to the hot springs and there was a wet bar .. and where theres a bar you know theres drunk people ! being college kids you know people couldn't resist showing up to the hot springs buzzed. People were riding down the water slides face first, flipping off decks and making out.

Oh lord , is it fun to sit around and watch drunk people act a fool ! lol

Saturday night Brittney, Anabel & I decided we had had enough of watching people get shit faced by the pool and we went into town ( La Fortuna) to go to a club called "El Establo". Of course the natural touristy thing to do was to show up at 10 pm when the place is empty , as if our neon yellow wrist bands from the resort didn't already give it away!

Our "dancing friends"

When we finally got inside there was this older woman GETTING DOWN! she could shake it ! she definitely had to be stripper or some kind of dancer in her past life ! But This place was a blast , beer was a dollar ! the music was great & we even got on stage to dance with other ISA students. There was an old man who also was channeling his inner Michael Jackson because his hips did not lie ! he had a thing for Anabel .. but she managed to escape haha !

I have also developed a new fancy for another CR beer , called Rock .. it took me all night to realize that there are 3 types of Rock : Regular, Limon & Golden Monkey *which is my fave* but Overall Good night.

On Sunday we visited la Catarata Rio Fortuna .. it was all fine and dandy until we had to go down approx. 400 steep stairs ! when we finally reached the bottom we took our fair share of pictures, and went swimming. The water was freezing but I couldn't believe I was that close ! It was awesome. The waterfall was very pretty , the rocks not so much. Then came the time to climb all 400 steps back to the top : the ultimate challenge. I was panting , thank god I brought some water.. that goes to show that I'm out of shape ! but Anyhow, Arenal was a splendid excursion.