Day 216: Rain Rain Go Away!!

Our Costa Rica adventure continues. This morning we left the fantastic Tiskita Jungle Lodge in the southernmost part of the country and traveled north to Arenal. Theoretically, we are here to see the Arenal volcano, but it is pouring rain and can't see much beyond the trees in front of our room.

We are staying at the Arenal Observatory Lodge, which is at the end of a road that is 9 kilometers of nonstop potholes. We arrived at around 5pm and so rather than brave that road again and the rain, we decided to eat at the lodge's restaurant. This was, by far, our most disappointing meal so far on this trip.

I started with a bowl of beef soup, which was a special appetizer and quite tasty and satisfying on this cold and rainy night. My entree, however, was neither tasty nor satisfying and thus, it went uneaten. On our drive to the lodge, we had seen signs everywhere for tilapia and so I assumed this must be a local specialty. I really enjoy tilapia and so thought I was in luck and hardly thought twice about ordering it for dinner. What arrived was inedible (although all of the accompaniments - veggies, rice, etc were good).

Rain or no rain - potholes be damned - we will not be eating at the lodge tomorrow night!