Livin La Vida Lindsey: Honeymoon

Koy and I left for Costa Rica for our honeymoon at the crack of dawn the morning following our wedding. It was a bit rough to get up so early after having so much fun the night before, but we made it to the airport with time to spare and made our flight.

During the first part of the trip, we stayed at the Volcano Lodge at the base of the Arenal Volcano. (http://www.volcanolodge.com/) It was surrounded by lush rainforest and of course had a great view of the amazing volcano. We went zip lining in the rain forest one of the days and had an awesome time! We were suspended almost a thousand feet in the air and rode 11 different cables between the trees. You could see gorgeous views of the volcano, lake, and waterfall, and forrest. We had some fun people in our group and the guides were hilarious as well. After the zip lining we did a horse back riding tour which wasn't quite as exciting after the adrenaline-inducing zip lining, but it was nice. We also went to some natural hot springs which was close to our hotel, which was kind of cool, but it also kind of just seemed like a water park of sorts.

The second part of our trip was on the beach at Xandari by the Pacific. It was in between Jaco and Manuel Antonio. We had our own little villa with a big open view of the ocean, a little kitchenette, and a cool shower that opened up to our own private little courtyard. I'll have to post more pictures of the property later so you can get the full effect. Here is the website for the resort as well: http://www.xandari.com/ We mostly relaxed while we were there. We hung out on the beach, got in the water some, laid around in the hammocks and by the pool, had great cocktails including Coronitas (Corona stuck inside a margarita) and a daquiri made with guanabana juice. It was so, so good. It kind of tasted like coconut. It was good by itself, but even better when mixed with a little bit of alcohol. :) One day we went into Manuel Antonio to go to the famous national park there, and we had a good time seeing all the monkeys, lizards, frogs, birds, sloths, etc., and the beaches were beautiful as well. The town was much more populated, though, and we were happy when it was time to go back to our secluded little resort. There were never too many other poeple around and it felt like we had the entire beach to ourselves. We had a wonderful time and definitely plan to go back someday.