Cataratas

Cataratas means waterfall in Spanish...and due to Dennis' careful web-searching we managed to book rooms at the Cataratas Eco Resort here in La Fortuna. The place is gorgeous with pools, waterfalls, pretty gardens, a great restaurant and spacious bedrooms.

And up the road from the Cataratas Resort along a very bumpy road is an impressive waterfall. We walked about a mile to the trail, paid a tourist fee, and then began to descend many many steps. At the bottom you can swim in the rough and amazing current. It was one of those indelible moments as I took in the bright moss-covered walls, the heavy mist of the waterfall and just let my body bounce in the current. Later I found a spot below where the waves could pound my back....perfectly.

As I walked back up those many stairs and my face quickly filled with sweat, that moment of complete bliss in the midst of the waterfall made it all worth it.