Honeymoon Day 7, 8, and 9: Mistakes Were Made and We Got a Free Taxi Ride. Also, Some Monkey-ing Around.

And the blog is back!

Day 7:

This was our last day at the Leaves and Lizards Resort near the Arenal Volcano. Our plan was to head to Monteverde from the Leaves and Lizards resort and be there sometime in the early afternoon. This did not happen.

A trip without problems is just not a trip… apparently. Our hotel in Monteverde booked only half of the trip plans we had made, and not the one to Monteverde. So we had to head into La Fortuna to kill the better part of a morning and afternoon for another company to ferry us to Monteverde.

Our time spent in La Fortuna went by doing some shopping and then going to see the La Fortuna Waterfall.

We left La Fortuna to Monteverde by way of a car, then a boat, then a car. A five hour trip ended with us in a dark Monteverde. We got checked into our hotel then headed out onto a night hike. We met a tarantula, toucans, an owl and many others. We also met a kid who asked too many questions.

Day 8:

We headed out early from our hotel to the Reserva Santa Elena in the cloud rain forest near the town of Santa Elena. We had a three hour hike with the forest itself and realized it is a very pretty, yet hazy area. We headed out from the Reserve down the hill to go on an hour long hike on the hanging bridges on top of the cloud rain forest. I refused to go on a zipline; the hanging bridges were more than enough.

The rest of the day was spent wondering about, eating food and buying coffee.

Day 9:

This was our last day in Monteverde, and we headed out very early to sunny, beach-side Montezuma. Six hours of travel led me to my first time at an ocean; specifically the Pacific Ocean. We stayed at the
Agua Vista Vacation Rental resort. This was an amazing place where our first few hours in this place had led us to see some awesome wildlife, like the white faced capuchin. We traveled down to the waterfalls located behind our lodging at the Agua Vista. We headed into Montezuma after a swim in the waterfalls, and I had the first and most amazing fish hamburger I had ever eaten.

I will hopefully finish up the remaining days of trip very soon. Until then, check out a bunch of the photos!

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