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Saturday morning we left to begin our adventure to the Hot Springs, Arenal Lake and Arenal Volcano. In Costa Rica they have a main highway which takes everyone to the various cities across the country. Unfortunately there was a terrible accident in which a giant tour bus hit a taxi and shut down the entire freeway so we were forced to take the bumpy back roads and arrived to our destination just in time to watch the England vs. USA soccer game over lunch. After lunch we shopped around and explored the town; it was so hot and humid! We checked into our hotel and headed out to explore and see the Arenal volcano and Arenal Lake before the rain came. When the rain arrives the volcano is completely covered and you would not know it was even there! Most of the volcanos are still active in Costa Rica. We met a group of guys that said they saw the volcano have a mini eruption the night before and they were able to see a little bit of lava flow because it was a clear night.
Getting out of the rain just in time, we headed for Baldi Hot Springs! This place was absolutely incredible! There are about 25 different pools, 3 wet bars and 3 water slides. We picked the perfect time to go because it was raining and the temperature cooled down so we were able to relax and enjoy the hot springs. We went down all of the water slides and sipped on tropical drinks to end our Saturday afternoon. Funny fact about the water slides, the engineers who built the slides originally constructed each slide without a cover so the top of the slide was exposed. The engineers did not take into account the amount of force offered by the slides and several people were injured because they flew off the slides. Needless to say, they had to close the slides for repair. We left the hot springs and had wonderful dinner at an Italian restaurant and got ready for a night out on the town! We met quite a few Americans at the local bars and were able to talk to them about their experience in Costa Rica!
Saturday morning we left to begin our adventure to the Hot Springs, Arenal Lake and Arenal Volcano. In Costa Rica they have a main highway which takes everyone to the various cities across the country. Unfortunately there was a terrible accident in which a giant tour bus hit a taxi and shut down the entire freeway so we were forced to take the bumpy back roads and arrived to our destination just in time to watch the England vs. USA soccer game over lunch. After lunch we shopped around and explored the town; it was so hot and humid! We checked into our hotel and headed out to explore and see the Arenal volcano and Arenal Lake before the rain came. When the rain arrives the volcano is completely covered and you would not know it was even there! Most of the volcanos are still active in Costa Rica. We met a group of guys that said they saw the volcano have a mini eruption the night before and they were able to see a little bit of lava flow because it was a clear night.
Baldi Hot Springs Website: http://www.baldihotsprings.cr/
On Sunday morning, we were going to hike the volcano and go swim in the waterfalls but our plans changed when it had been raining all morning. The hike would not have been too fun with rain pounding in our faces and the waterfall would have been pure mud due to the amount of rain. So we settled on plan B which was to go to this resort called Los Lagos. Los Lagos had a walk though which had native animals of Costa Rica and we saw crocodiles (the ones we saw were apparently “smaller” than usual) which were so scary! After the crocodile spotting we learned a tip just in case we ever encounter a crocodile- run in circles and do not run in a straight path because crocodiles are very fast when they have a straight shot but the key is to fool them and run in a zig zag motion. 
We also saw beautiful butterflies, poisonous frogs and turtles! After the walk through we headed for the hot spring area where they had springs and water slides that were similar to Baldi Hot Springs. After another relaxing afternoon we headed back to San Jose and returned early evening for work in the morning!
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