Arenal

I know this is late, but better late than never! Last weekend the entire group took a trip to the Arenal Volcano. It was absolutely amazing. The place that we stayed had like little cabins for rooms laid out in this amazing tropical garden with all sorts of flowers and beautiful structures. The name of the place is Silencio del Campo. There was also a hot spring there that had a waterfall into the pool. The fresh hot water entered from the waterfall and the hot spring was surrounded by tropical plants, even a banana tree! There was also a normal pool with a fake hot tube that was really just a kiddy pool next to it (fooled me).  Besides swimming in the unbelievable hot spring we also could choose from activities like zip lining, hiking, and horseback riding. If you know me at all you know of course my choice was horse back riding and it was definitely the right choice. I haven’t been horse back riding in years, but I love it and I prefer bareback and to go fast, but usually on trail rides like this they are just walking trail rides, and I was prepared to be disappointed, but far from it. Although it was not bareback, the guides of the tour did not care about much. So me and a few other girls flew across the fields and up the trails! It was amazing; we also crossed through a river and this really steep small trail. Once we made it to our destination we parked our horsies and began our hike to the waterfall. It was less of a hike and more of a intense walk down a LOT of stairs. Once we got to the bottom we swam and took pictures, so beautiful and so much fun. After a little less than a hour swimming we headed back up the stairs (Much worse than the way down), and back to our horsies. And now that  we and our horses were acquainted there was even more amazing cantering. Besides swimming and being adventurist, there was of course eating involved. I had some delicious arroz con pollo, where the chicken was cooked into the rice with so fresh corn chips and an amazing bean sauce dip. And I also had a wonderful tico taco which is nothing like a Mexican taco but kinda like a taquito, but a little different. All in all the trip went by waayyy to fast but it was oh so good!