On Wednesday and Thursday we made our way to La Fortuna y Monteverde.  Costa Rica is very famous for its preservation of the wildlife and rain forests.   La Fortuna and Monteverde are two of the most famous areas to visit both.

When we arrived in La Fortuna we were tired from traveling (and eating), decided to skip out on all of the hiking and other strenuous activities, and opted instead for visiting the Baldi Hot Springs.

Group shot at Baldi hot springs

The hot springs proved to be quite nice.  There were about 25 pools of various temperatures and sizes, two wet bars, and 3 huge water slides.  I thought the rain would have ruined it, but it actually ended up making it pretty nice…

We did pretty well at Baldi, Melissa and I got a special deal at the bar, we had a huge buffet dinner, and we then tore it up a bit on the waterslides.

As for the animales… although we didn´t get crazy with the nature tours, we did manage to see quite a few things. On Wednesday night in Monteverde we decided to go on a guided “night walk” through the jungle.  We saw a tarantula, a huge rodent about the size of a small dog, many different kinds of insects, leafcutter ants, and a sloth.  We were lucky enough to even see the sloth move.  They sleep 20 hours a day…   ridiculous.

On Thursday we took a guided tour through Monteverde´s “Cloud Forest”.  Our guide David was excellent and really taught us quite a bit.

David going over a bit of the natural flora and fauna. That´s a scope next to Melissa´s head. He could show us bees on a tree at about 300ft away...

Hummingbirds. (Pablo photo credit)

Cloud Forest canopy (Pablo photo credit)

And we found these things roaming around on our hotel beds. Towels with eyes. Melissa was a big fan of these...

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