The drive to Santa Elena, Costa Rica

Las Lagos Resort, near La Fortuna Costa Rica. Note the swim-up bar and the water slide (aka the fastest way back from the restroom).
Las Lagos Resort, near La Fortuna Costa Rica. Note the swim-up bar and the water slide (aka the fastest way back from the restroom).

We stayed at Las Lagos Resort our second night in Costa Rica. It cost $145 USD for a Standard Room which included a queen-sized bed, bathroom, TV, AC and a small patio. It reminded me a lot of standard resort rooms in Mexico or Cuba, with that humid, slightly mouldy smell that tends to allows linger.However, the charm of the resort lie not in the bedrooms but in the 15 different thermal pools, one of which had a swim-up bar. Unlike the Mexican and Cuban resorts the pool with the swim-up bar stayed open until 10:00 pm and was heated like our hot tub back in Grande Prairie, Alberta. It was truly glorious. We didn’t realize how genius the design truly was until Chris had to use the restroom. He left the pool and started the climb up the many stairs. After a while I heard a splash that sounded too big to be any ordinary kid, and then, barrelling around the edge of the pool came a wave too big to be from any ordinary child! It was Chris. He had just discovered that instead of walking down all the stairs back to the pool, the entrance to a water slide was adjacent to the stairs and of course the most direct, fastest and most enjoyable way back to the bar was…the water slide.

Another beautiful bird of Costa Rica. Please identify if you can.
Another beautiful bird of Costa Rica. Please identify if you can.
A couple of the 15-different thermal pools the resort features. Our favorite were the pools with slides and the one with the bar.
A couple of the 15-different thermal pools the resort features. Our favorite were the pools with slides and the one with the bar.

This friendly looking lizard shares a home at the resort with the Crocodiles.
This friendly looking lizard shares a home at the resort with the Crocodiles.
The drive from La Fortuna to Santa Elena was simply picturesque with its rolling pastoral hills.
The drive from La Fortuna to Santa Elena was simply picturesque with its rolling pastoral hills.

The roads were fierce in our 4x4 SUV, this guy is an absolute trooper!
The roads were fierce in our 4×4 SUV, this guy is an absolute trooper!

Rolling pastoral hills of Costa Rica.
Rolling pastoral hills of Costa Rica.

Driving to Santa Elena

A bus stop in the middle of the road on the drive to Santa Elena.
A bus stop in the middle of the road on the drive to Santa Elena.
A young Costa Rican girl laughs at a restaurant Chris and I ate at tonight. He has wonderful photos to share with you of the Tree House Restaurant, that you'll see in a later post.
A young Costa Rican girl laughs at a restaurant Chris and I ate at tonight. He has wonderful photos to share with you of the Tree House Restaurant, that you’ll see in a later post.

 


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2 responses to “The drive to Santa Elena, Costa Rica”

  1. Wow..fantastic shots!!!! But the best is the enjoyment you are having and the life experiences that can only make you……..APPRECIATE….and probably want more….Whole World out there.

    Love you two…Mom

    1. Hi Donna! I’m so glad you are enjoy­ing the blog again. You’re abso­lutely right. Traveling and seeing the world only makes Chris and I want to see more and more. You know us so well. Love you.

      –Laura–

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