Drive to Heathrow, overnight stop near Terminal 4, hop on BA to Miami then connect to San Jose. Suddenly we are only in bloody Costa Rica, home to frogs, sloths, agoutis, armadillos, more sloths, 100% renewable energy, safe drinking water out the tap, Americans and did I mention sloths?
Our first port of call was the lovely Casa Reflejos Hotel in Escazu just outside of San Jose. A quick overnight here, pick up our hire car and a hair raising trip over the mountains to La Fortuna de San Carlos, the nearest town to the Arenal volcano.
We eat at a little place called The Red Frog Coffee House. Enchiladas for myself and Sam, Quesadillas for the boys. Just what we needed for our first proper sit down meal in a couple of days.
​Unsurprisingly we are all flat out before 9.30pm.