Arenal Volcano

Hi there again,

So I was going to update on our stay here in la Fortuna (Arenal) right?

We made this 3 hour drive from Rincon de la Vieja to la Fortuna and saw some amazing views along the way.

This morning we went on a short hiking to the volcano Arenal. You can't get too close to the volcano because it's dangerous. (10 years ago a guide and a young girl died enhaling the gasses)
The guide gave much information about its volcanic history which was really interesting. Arenal's last eruption was in 1968 after it's been sleeping for more than 400 years (there was another eruption in 1525).
But I won't give the whole story because I'm sure you can wikipedia it.

Besides getting told about the volcano the guide also spotted some birds, spiders, animals for us...
Mind you, it's the rainforest and it was raining like mad! And it still is btw :(

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ou can see (from top to bottom) the tropical green anole that switches color from brown to green (the local cameleon ;) ), the wandering spider, white-nosed coati and the eyelashed pitviper.