Landed in San Jose, Costa Rica's capital. We rented a car at the airport and headed directly to La Fortuna.

We drove to La Fortuna through green mountains of coffee plantations. Beautiful landscapes on the way. 

Arrived in La Fortuna, a small town in the northwest part of Costa Rica. It's a beautiful town dominated by Arena Volcano. Actually, the town is a getaway to Arenal Volcano National Park.

We took the day to visit National Park Arenal. The active volcano dominates the park. There are nice hiking trails through the forest and former lava fields. Heliconias trail has a great view of the volcano. 

Headed to the Pacific Coast, in Manuel Antonio, small tourist resort with beautiful sights, exotic wildlife and fun activities. Oh, and superb beaches.

Back to Manuel Antonio resort for the night.

National Park Manuel Antonio is Costa Rica’s most visited park. You can see monkeys and all sorts of birds. There are beautiful beaches and casual forest trails.

We took a full day just to enjoy the beach.

Beautiful Costa Rica Holiday

It was an old dream to visit colourful Cuba. Finally it was coming true. It's a mesmerising part of the world with its retro style and fine people

For the first short day, we walked around the streets and small side streets, looked at the people and gazed at the colourful houses.

Visited Havana Cathedral in Plaza de la Catedral

and Royal Force Castle, the oldest stone fort in the Americas.

Walked on Havana’s Malecòn, promenade. Watched a beautiful sunset here.

We left Havana to explore some other parts of the country.

We headed to Varadero, the popular beach resort. Spent the day on the beautiful beaches of Varadero.

From crowded Varadero, we headed to Vinales, UNESCO World Heritage town with magnificent landscape.

We had arranged a guided tour of tobacco farms in the area.

Then headed a bit north, to Cueva del Indio, which is an absolutelly extraordinary cave. There's a beautiful walking trail that takes the visitors through the caves, but the most spectacular part is the boat ride along the subterranean river.

In the evening, we enjoyed live performances at Centro Cultural In Vinales.

Cuevas de Santo Tomas is another very beautiful cave. It's actually very long, some 46 km, but only one km is open to public.

Explored Vinales Valley. From Balcon de Valle Restaurant, there's a beautiful view over the valley.

Stopped at 3J Bar. We had had tapas and mojito. ;)

Today we drove from Vinales to "Bahia de cochinos". We aimed to explore the beautiful beaches in the area.

And visited Cave of fishes, a deep natural pool with tropical fish. It's a spot where you can try snorkeling or diving.

We drove further, to Trinidad, in Central Cuba. It's a beautifully preserved Spanish colonial settlement.  Best way to explore the town was to get lost on the streets, admire the architecture and stop every now and then for cold beer or mojito.

Todat we rented some bikes and headed to the beach.

Headed to the beach, Playa Ancoá. Stayed here most of the day relaxing on the sand, swimming and watching the sea.

Spent the afternoon at the beach, at Playa de la Boca.

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