Volcano Arenal

This post is post script to my last one. After canyoning we showered quickly and then got a taxi to take us over to the observatory side of Volcano Arenal seeing that it was a clear night with no clouds covering the top. The ride ended up being 30 minutes long, 15 minutes longer than we expected, but it was worth it. We had a clear view of the top with lava pouring down at times and red hot rocks bouncing down the face.

There is a restaurant at the observatory point and before we left for the observatory we thought about eating there but when we asked our taxi driver if she would wait for us she didn't seem too willing. So as we were standing there on the deck enjoying the night show, she came up to us and told us that she had been invited to eat dinner by the staff. Well, we figured if she was going to eat we might as well too. We paid $16 each for a nasty and very disappointing buffet. I cant believe they charge that much, and I cant believe we paid that much. Had we known how bad the food was we wouldn't have. Although the one good thing about the place is that they had chips and salsa. So we sat at the same table with our taxi driver and tried to enjoy our sorry excuse for a meal.