Saying Goodbye to Arenal

Today is our last full day in Arenal and in Costa Rica. In fact, Debby actually thought we were flying out today. So..... We don't have anything planned.

When we left our room, it was actually raining. Imagine that. We have been away for 30 days and the sun has shone every day. Not bad eh? If it is ever going to rain, the last day is the best day.

Luckily enough, by the time we had breakfast the rain had stopped, so we just had to do something.

On the way into La Fortuna, we stopped to get some pictures of "living fences".

Living fences come in a variety of shapes and sizes.

We saw these birds first at Arenal Observatory Lodge.

Now at Arenal Paraiso Resort

I'll find the name of these flowers soon.

We prowled around La Fortuna for the morning until just after lunch. Then we returned to lounge around the pool in the afternoon. Rain threatened occasionally, but never actually dumped on us.

Before dinner, we returned to our room to find that the clouds were almost gone and the volcano was showing off. For the first time I was able to get a closeup of the top.

For the first time, you can now see smoke/steam coming from the top.

Clouds come and go, but this one white spot never moves.

Sunset with a cap on top.

On the way back to Liberia, we stopped for coffee at a rafting site.

From the highway you can see the row of volcanos that run down the centre of the country.