Costa Rica Pt. 1 - San Jose/La Fortuna

St. Augustine said that, "The world is a book and those that do not travel read only one page."  I wrote my own chapter when R and I jumped on a plane to Costa Rica.  The country was absolutely beautiful, the people were kind, and the food was delicious.  
The plan was to rent a car out of San Jose and follow the paved, sometimes dirt, road.  We drove around the entire Western peninsula, trying to see as much as we could in the allotted time that we had.  From San Jose, we traveled to what may have been my favorite destination, La Fortuna.  The town was quiet and quaint; absolutely breath taking.  We stumbled upon Tabacon, a five star world resort, and somehow managed to get a room there for half the price.  The hot springs, heated from Volcan Arenal, were unbelievable.  You could hear the wild life all around as you looked up into the sky, seeing nothing but a canopy of exotic trees, camouflaging the blue sky.  There was fine black sand beneath your toes, and waterfalls on your back.  
We also took a nature walk through bridges hanging - sometimes 100 feet in the air- in the rainforest; as we kept our eyes peeled for wildlife.  We were the first ones there because we were told when all the tourists come, they scare the wildlife away.  We managed to see a sloth and some howler monkeys.  The sights and the views, and the shades of green were absolutely breath taking.  The trees must have been 1,000 feet tall.  Thinking of this place still moves me.  I wanted to stay longer and zip line or rappel down a waterfall, however, there were other places to be seen...