The midpoint of our vacation took us from the lush green rainforest of the Arenal Region, to the much dryer, desert like climate in the Guanacaste area. Although the beauty of the Rain Forest was sad to leave behind, we were ready for dry weather, and the heat of the Guanacaste province. And boy did we find the heat. The average temps in Guanacaste were 95-98 degrees. It was smokin' hot!
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| Enjoying our taxi through the countryside |
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| The lush green landscape just as we left the Arenal Province |
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| The change to a dry desert climate happened in a flash. Like literally went from green to brown in 2 minutes. Crazy! |
Using our stilted Spanish, a picture of a map, and our taxi guide's marginal English skills, we were able to request a side trip on our 3 hour transfer from the Nayara to the Riu. We felt bad, as our taxi driver had no idea what we were headed into, and the road was rather bumpy, but he was handsomely rewarded with a nice tip that made his day. I believe it was well worth the side trip! And Kent and I were pleased to see yet another beautiful waterfall and another small piece of the beautiful Costa Rican landscape.
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| Llanos de Cortez Waterfall |
Our check in at the RIU Guanacaste was uneventful, but we were thrilled to find that we had been upgraded to a beautiful ocean view with a room that looked out over the pool and beautifully manicured hotel grounds. Oh happy day!
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| The walkway from the lobby to the pool. |
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| Open Air Hotel Lobby? Yes please! |
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| A different view of the lobby, where we spent plenty of time, connected to the hotel's wifi, available only in the lobby. We were grateful to be able to text with our family, but bummed that the wifi did not support facetime. :/ |
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| My handsome husband, poolside on day one, enjoying our first "free" cocktail! |
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