Well the good news is…the Volcano didn’t erupt today 🙂 Costa Rica didn’t disappoint.

I started all the day super duper early to get some breakfast before we had to meet for 7:15 AM in the dining room. We were group pink 12. First time ever a port listen to me lol well not really but they drove those buses all the way up to the gangway. We literally didn’t have to walk hardly at all Loved it!

They loaded us all up on buses to take us to our excursions. Ours just happened to be a volcano that was about two and a half hours away from the port. Due to traffic it took us closer to four hours to get there. We had a few people complaining on the bus because of the ride length and because the bus was cold. Personally Becky and I absolutely loved the cold temperature and I thoroughly enjoyed seeing the countryside. The twist and turns and stops and goes we’re tough at some points. However, all in all the ride was great with great views. One thing I thought is interesting is in Costa Rica, all of the bridges we went over were single bridges so you had to wait your turn to cross. It’s amazing how fast everybody goes on these super narrow roads yet we did not see any incidences the whole day.

We had a super cute little tour guide that told us all kinds of interesting facts about Costa Rica. Approximately 4 hours worth of interesting facts about Costa Rica. Like did you know the largest export from Costa Rica to the rest of the world is medical supplies?? Or how about the fact that there are seven providences? We learned all about their money, history and geography.

Once we made it to the volcano our tour guide apologize profusely due to the fact that we had a lot of cloud cover at the top and it was super hard to see the volcano. I did include a picture where you could see the smoke coming off of the top mixed with the cloud cover. Not far from the base of the volcano was the really nice resort that we went to for the hot springs.

We got lockers and towels and got changed and headed off for the hot springs. We were a little behind the group and got caught in a rainstorm and decided to wait out the rain in this little lean to that we found. I’m pretty sure it was the turkey’s house that we saw along the way. The turkey kept yelling at Becky and she kept yelling back but we stood our ground. After the rain lit up just a little bit we went in search of the hot springs and we found them just about 5 ft away from our turkey habitat that we were squatting in.

The Hot springs were a series of pools coming down the side of the mountain. You actually had to go up steps to get to the highest point. The temperature started at 105° at the highest pools and dropped a few degrees for every new pool you went into moving down away from the falls. It was a super neat experience and I’m glad I got to mark it off my bucket list.

On the way back to the ship we stopped at a souvenir shop that had really nice handmade souvenirs. I took a few pictures of what I saw. We were cutting it close due to traffic getting back in time. I wasn’t super concerned because this was a princess sanctioned excursion so they would have waited if we had been late. We’re supposed to be back on the ship for 6:30 and we pulled up about 6:15. We were just in time for sunset and I got a few pictures of that.

We ate in the main dining room with our favorite waiter Gus and his sidekick Austin. I asked for fettuccine alfredo with shrimp and the dining staff went nutso and put around 24 shrimp on my Alfredo. Becky asked for some lemon for her fish and got equally around 24 wedges of lemon lol. No we did not make lemonade 🤣

We ended the night at the stargazing lecture where we got to see the Southern Cross along with lots of other stars. You have to be south close to the equator in order to see the southern cross I think. They turned off some of the lights on the uppermost deck so that we could see stars. I was able to get a picture of the Southern Cross and a few other stars around it.

Wish you were here!