ARENAL VOLCANO aka WEEKEND #3

In the beginning of March, we took a day trip to Arenal Volcano. The drive into the mountains was interesting as we wound our way through forest and sometimes through clouds. This volcano is near the town of La Fortuna, a farming community with a pretty central park and lots of hotels, restaurants, and tour companies to accommodate the travelers. We traveled beyond the town to Baldi Hot Springs for an afternoon of lounging in the pools. The water comes from under the volcano, and the pools capture it at various places, thus the temperature in the pools varies, too. Some of them are quite hot, so they have a cool pool set in the middle of the hot one. There were artificial waterfalls and water slides and swim-up bars and options for spa treatments—quite the place for an afternoon of lounging.