A view of Mount Arenal from the area of La Fortuna, Costa Rica. She is like a fire breathing beast! Watching and listening to this volcano is an unusual experience, to say the least. First she rumbles, and it sounds like far away thunder, then you see a large puff of white smoke come out the top. At night you can see her throwing out bits of red hot lava. I am not sure when the most recent major eruption was but I know there was one in 2006. The white cloud in the above photo is what came out after the sound of thunder.
Arenal Volcano is located in La Fortuna, Costa Rica.
There are several natural hot springs in the La Fortuna area of Costa Rica. Natural geothermal heat created by the Arenal Volcano is what creates the hot springs. The above photo was taken at Tikotu Hot Springs. It feels wonderful to have a hot soak after a busy day. 
It seemed as though everywhere we looked we saw monkeys in the Manuel Antonio area of Costa Rica. The howlers were noisy and the whitefaced and spider monkeys were cute as can be. These little guys liked people and were not afraid at all.
Just hangin' around outside the open air restaurant of the hotel where we stayed in Quepos
Too cute!
