Hell's Bells
I thought I should give you a little update as to what I've been up to over the last couple of weeks.
So, after a couple of days in Santiago we flew up to San Jose in Costa Rica via a short stop in Lima airport. San Jose isn't worth stopping in for more than a night so that's all we did and promptly jumped on the local bus to Fortuna to see the Arenal Volcano. We got really lucky and saw a great 'lava show' as they hadn't seen any activity for a couple of weeks. It was incredible to see the glow of the molten lava thrown into the air and then roll down the side of the volcano. You have to view all the action from some distance but it's still truly spectacular if you get lucky!!
After a couple of days here doing some local treks to waterfalls etc we headed over to the pacific coast. First stop, Tamarindo, a nice enough resort town in the mould of Cancun. I say nice enough as it was out of season so a little quieter; I wouldn't want to be in this particular slice of 'Little America' during the busy season. After a couple of nights here we headed just north of Tamarindo to Playa Grande where we met up with some friends for a few days.
We got married.
We all stayed at Rip Jack Inn which is a great little hotel with 8 rooms so we booked out the whole place for a few nights and had a great time together. The food there is excellent and the staff did an excellent job of looking after us, the surf is sublime and the sunsets left me speechless.
We spent a week on Playa Grande and then headed over the border to Nicaragua and now we find ourselves in Granada, a very picturesque colonial town. It's great that the tallest buildings in the town are the churches and it's situated in a great spot between a volcano and Central America's largest lake.
So that's what I've been up to; until the next update, take care!
So, after a couple of days in Santiago we flew up to San Jose in Costa Rica via a short stop in Lima airport. San Jose isn't worth stopping in for more than a night so that's all we did and promptly jumped on the local bus to Fortuna to see the Arenal Volcano. We got really lucky and saw a great 'lava show' as they hadn't seen any activity for a couple of weeks. It was incredible to see the glow of the molten lava thrown into the air and then roll down the side of the volcano. You have to view all the action from some distance but it's still truly spectacular if you get lucky!!
After a couple of days here doing some local treks to waterfalls etc we headed over to the pacific coast. First stop, Tamarindo, a nice enough resort town in the mould of Cancun. I say nice enough as it was out of season so a little quieter; I wouldn't want to be in this particular slice of 'Little America' during the busy season. After a couple of nights here we headed just north of Tamarindo to Playa Grande where we met up with some friends for a few days.
We got married.
We all stayed at Rip Jack Inn which is a great little hotel with 8 rooms so we booked out the whole place for a few nights and had a great time together. The food there is excellent and the staff did an excellent job of looking after us, the surf is sublime and the sunsets left me speechless.
We spent a week on Playa Grande and then headed over the border to Nicaragua and now we find ourselves in Granada, a very picturesque colonial town. It's great that the tallest buildings in the town are the churches and it's situated in a great spot between a volcano and Central America's largest lake.
So that's what I've been up to; until the next update, take care!
Fantastic news!
Congratulations to the both of you. So where are you going for your honeymoon? :-)
Posted by
justin |
26 April 2008 19:44
Patience dear! Blog post to follow soon... or if patience isn't your thing, we are currently hunkered down in Nicaragua...
Posted by
Alexander |
27 April 2008 03:47