To get from La Fortuna to my next destination in Monteverde, my options included 7 hours with public buses, or for just a little more than bus fare would have been, two short shuttle rides and a boat trip across a lake, totalling around 3 hours.
Unsurprisingly I chose option #2.
I got picked up from my hostel at 8:30 and we were off. Arenal gave us a good view driving out of town, and shortly we got to the edge of the lake where we loaded into boats along with the rest of the shuttles that morning.
The lake crossing was about an hour, and very peaceful. The boat was wide and flat which didn't go super fast, but we felt almost no waves, and could walk around. The water, as usual, was beautiful blue against the green shrubbery on shore.
When we got far enough out in the lake to see Arenal, there was a veritable stampede of tourists with cameras to the back of the boat. I waited until the danger of losing an eye had passed to take my photo. I also didn't have to worry about anyone's head in the way.
I was sitting next to a group of four women, probably in their 60s, traveling together. All from Canada, now living on different cities but still in touch. And everyone had known each other at least 15 years, two were going on 40 years of friendship. They were fun to chat with, all fun spunky women who reminded me of the ladies in my own extended family who think age is just a number.
Once on the far shore, the boats unloaded and we found our second bus, according to numbers our first driver had given us.
Driving along, we went past a bunch of windmills, Costa Rica is mostly run on clean energy sources. I thought they were super cool to see up close, so I was looking at them as everyone else was trying to get one last volcano picture in the distance.
As my dad said once while driving through Eastern Washington one time, they were kind of War of the Worlds looking, looming up next to the road.
Speaking of which...
http://xkcd.com/556/
Before I knew it I was dropped in Monteverde right at the door of my next adventure.
Stay tuned! Its a good one.
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