Just got back from Volcano Arenal and the hot springs! We had a great time...we left Saturday morning drove about 3 hours to a hotel near the volcano and hot springs. We had a nice lunch watched some of the USA soccer game and then around 3 pm went to the Baldi Hot Springs. It was really nice and relaxing there. They had wet bars, waterfalls, pools....it was cool! Each pool was a different temperature they are heated by the volcano. We went all the way to the very top pool and the water temperature was too hott to even get in. We had some drinks and stayed there for a couple of hours. Then we went to a nice italian place for dinner. After dinner we walked around the town and hung out with some people we met...who were actually from Charlotte (small world). Today the plan was to hike and go in waterfalls but it was raining so we thought it would be better to head to this funky hotel close by. It had aligators, butterflys, frogs, pools, waterslides, and was just very pretty. After that we went to lunch and then headed home. It was a really nice and much needed weekend!