Leaving Alajula

Today we woke up in Costa Rica!
The sun was shining and the grounds were beautiful. We spent the morning walking the grounds and enjoying the varied and amazing vegetation, while the girls got good use out of their cameras. We ate a wonderful breakfast of fruit, toast and jam (incredible!), coffee, scrambled eggs and beans and rice. Everyone liked the food, Jess even exclaiming that she could eat it every day - I told her we might be ;) After breakfast, Emma and Marcy went swimming, Jess updated her life on Facebook and I took time to upload the hundreds of photos taken in a 24 hour period.
At noon we were on our way to Arenal Volcano, we have opted to do private transportation for the entire trip, so our driver came to pick us up. The roads weren't as bad as I had imagined - much better than roads in India - but it was a windy trip up and down the mountains. There was not always a lot to see as it was raining pretty heavily throughout the trip. We enjoyed a Tico (Costa Rican) lunch along the way.
Upon nearing the volcano I was struck at how enormous it is! It sits next to it's brother, Cerro Chato and the two of them make a beautiful backdrop to the town of La Fortuna and surrounding area. We are at Casa Luna which sits at the base of the volcano, it also has beautiful grounds which we explored in the evening and then went to town for dinner. All in all a pretty relaxing day - tomorrow: waterfall, lava flows and hotsprings!