Friday 9 November, Lomas del Volcan

There was no risk of keeping dry in the national park

Our room is fine and the shower very good, with hot water! Beautiful location but still no view due to the incessant rain. Breakfast was OK, nice cereal. We drove to Volcan Arenal National Park. Got very wet walking through the dense rainforest. We saw no wildlife or lava flows. Had a good pizza lunch at Que Rico and came back to dry off. Shoes and jeans very muddy now.

Richard got a message from work asking for help this morning. Don't think he minded.

Well, you expect rain in a rainforest. Shoes were ruined.

In the evening it was very stormy and we had a power cut, which lasted over an hour. Pitch dark outside. The main building had a generator so we made our way in the dark to the bar, and then had antipasto for a light dinner. Power was restored eventually.