We stayed at some pretty awesome places during our two weeks so I'll leave some links below in case any of you want to check them out if you travel there. We stayed on a beautiful resort in La Fortuna that had an incredible view of the volcano.

3/10 San Jose Trip On Open House -It was okay.. I think you could definitely find better. There was only one bathroom to share between way too many people. The location was ok, and they have Uber lol

8/10 Tamarindo Sunset Hostel -This place was in a great spot near the beach. It was actually awesome. There's a pizza place above the hostel and a grocery store below. A view of the beach and we had a private room with a bathroom,AC & WiFi. Hahah it was great. Definitely recommend this one.

8/10 Tamarindo Hotel Casa Blanca -This one was really spacious. The location was a little bit further away from the beach/town, but still walking distance. It had like 6 beds & a King size bed, the WiFi only worked outside, if you care lol. And it had an unreal shower.




7/10 Monteverde  Hammock House Hostel  -We stayed in another one in Monteverde the first night, but it was pretty bad.. I'm not even going to try to google it, I don't recommend. But the second night we stayed at Hammock House. It was super cute. We had a pretty chill night there because we had to leave for the next town at like 7am the next morning. We lounged in hammocks for hours. V relaxing with a cute pup.

10/10 La Fortuna  Arenal Volcano Lodge -We didn't want to leave. It was soooo relaxing and awesome that we didn't even have to leave the resort. This is the place in the photos that you'll see the infinity pool. It had hot tubs we lounged in at night and stayed in a chalet with an incredible view. The staff was really nice and the restaurant was good!

8/10 Jaco  Hotel De Haan -in Jaco we got pretty lazy and tired of travelling. We were actually supposed to go to Manuel Antonio (a different town) but the bus stopped in Jaco and we got out to pee and decided to just stay there. We walked down a street of hostels and randomly picked one that looked okay. It was cute, the staff was absolutely amazing and made our stay really fun. It had a pool and was definitely a party hostel. We stayed at this one the longest and also had a private room and bathroom. After the first night of a shared bathroom we were  done with that. Hahaha



In Tamarindo, we stole some boy's surfboards and learned to surf. Literally, that simple. Jord and I stood up on our first try and were absolutely addicted for the rest of the two weeks. On the last day we took lessons, we learned how to fall, how to properly stand, and some safety tips. I recommend taking lessons on your first day.

I may have broke my rib, it still hurts, and I'm still wondering.

Eat Sleep Surf


We pretty much ate pizza and fish tacos the whole time, but I really really wish I could recommend some local food for you guys. We just really sucked at backpacking.

The first and pretty much only real backpacking experience we had was being stranded on the side of a highway for a few hours in the middle of no where, hoping for a bus to come. It came shortly after a man with a machete walked by.





We all practically lived in bikinis by Nora Swimwear and when I wasn't half naked I was wearing t-shirt dresses from the resort collection by Lordon. It's literally all you need to bring on a trip.

My favourites from Nora are here and here 
My favourites from Lordon are here




































































































































































The photos are fun but the movie we made has a little more feel of what the trip was actually like, so check out the bigger YouTube link  here





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