3rd day- Borinquen Hot Springs and Resort

Enjoying the pool

Our last moment with the beach.

Beautiful nature shots!



In front of our casita!


Here is us enjoying our last few days on the beach and at the pool in Playa Flamingo.
Krystle and I woke up early and played some tennis. And boy what it hot and humid! Being so close to the ocean made it extremely humid and once done we were quite ready for the air conditioned rooms!

Next desination was Borinquen Hot Springs and Resort! This is up in the Rincon de la Vieja, in the Northeast portion of Costa Rica. The hotel is located on some natural hot springs at the bottom of a volcano. One nice perk is that this is the country's off season for tourism because of the raining season, so we saw a couple in another room and a family enjoying the hotsprings for a day.

HOT SPRINGS!!!!



And first thing we did upon arrival was go get our nature bath! It had 4 steps.

First 15 minutes in a natural sauna/steam room.


Next apply mud to your bodies.




Let the mud dry.



Wash off the mud and get into natural spring spas (3 different temperatures).



After cleaning up we got ready for dinner, at the one restaurant on the isolated property. The town was an hour away and there was not much of an option to drive to to town because it was pitch black in the countryside and driving at daytime is dangerous enough with tico drivers.

So we got to the restaurant and there was only one other table occupied; by people that is. They had left multiple windows and doors open and there were bugs everywhere. As we scanned the menu for edible options, bugs covered the glasses and plates on the table. We ordered our selections and as our annoyance and initial shock wore off a little it became a comical in a pitiful kind of way of the quantity of bugs. We muscled through this experience, swatting bugs that flew by to close, brushing off bugs from the table, and picking out the additional protein in our water glasses. We enjoyed our food and decided we would need alternatives to dinner.