ARENAL VOLCANO
The walk to the forward observation point opposite the lava outpour point was such a great time I’m going to go back and do it again. Because we didn’t see lava we get the option to have another go and I can’t resist. We stopped for photos and some Tucans feasting on some fig trees on the way around the volcano. A potholed road led to the start of our trek in. A long swinging bridge over a stream and we were on our way through the rainforest. We were shown the industrious leaf cutting ants and a very small snake that was quite venomous. The tree frog was still resting under its leaf but we saw it out and ready for action on the way back down much later. We had to climb up two steep parts on the way to the forward observation point opposite the steep incline where some lava rocks were trying there best to start avalanches by taking off down the slope.
We waited patiently for an hour while the sun went down somewhere else and we watched the clouds tease us with the possibility that they may actually go away and give us the lava show we were all looking for.
We started back down with torches and some of us saw a large dangerous snake that had been over the track but I only saw its bum disappearing into the rocks. At the large lower observation area we joined up with a younger group and we had a nice helping of rum and coke that got us all in the mood for the hot springs
