Two more flights

Although we had originally only booked 4 nights at Agua Dulce at Puerto Jimenez, we enjoyed it so much that we stayed for a full week. As mentioned before, the pool, the beach, the wildlife and the food and drink were all wonderful and we could probably have stayed even longer if we had not made plans for a visit to La Fortuna and the Arenal volcano.
We were here on our last trip but never managed to see the volcano because it was always wreathed in cloud or hidden from view by the torrential rain.
After two more flights with Sansa in a Cessna Caravan we landed at La Fortuna on a bright sunny afternoon to find that Arenal was still wreathed in cloud and hidden from view. My research tells me that it is hidden for about 90% of the time so I am not holding my breath!
For the first part of our stay we are in a small hotel just outside the town - it is hard to believe how difficult it was to find accommodation here - because everything else was busy. Hotel Las Flores is a fairly basic place with a comfortable bed, AC, a good shower, WiFi and a sofa outside the room which looks straight at the cloud surrounding Arenal.  However the owners are amongst the most friendly, helpful Ticans we have met  - which is saying something when you consider that this is one of the friendliest countries in the world.
We managed a hike in the National Park to see - and climb - the 1992 lava flow and to see how the forest is regenerating since the Volcano became dormant 6 years ago. We also tried canoeing on the Penas Blanca river which was a bit harder than it looked - almost lost Linda over the side when I couldn't steer around a large log in one of the rapids - luckily she managed to hold on!
Finished up with a couple of hours in the hot springs - sitting in a 40C pool at the swim-up bar drinking Imperial while watching Chelsea play PSG in the Champions League was very relaxing - particularly when PSG won!