Costa Rica - Arenal
There's plenty to offer in La Fortuna and barely 500m from the centre of town is the Bogarin Trail presenting a great opportunity to see Sloth. This was our first real sighting and a real treat as this individual was palpably racing down a tree to presumably perform its weekly ablutions. Then there were two together in a single tree. One was having a good old scratch. Gorgeous creatures. The birdlife here was great too. A couple of Black-mandibled Toucan posed beautifully along one of the trails. Black-mandibled Toucan Chestnut-sided Warbler White-throated Magpie Jay Of course there's the volcano that rises high beyond the town but its splendour can be cryptically hidden by a swirl of low cloud. It is a sight to behold. The food here is great too. A wide selection of restaurants to serve a profusion of tourists that pass through the town. The local dish is Casado, an incongruou...