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Travel Blogs from Manuel Antonio National Park
Two days of Paradise
... only others on the tour were a Ukranian couple who live in Georgia, so we made good friends with them and had a very personal tour as we could chat with the guides.
When asked why he was bringing a pineapple on the boat our whitewater rafting guide told us that it was to give to the natives who live in the rainforest in exchange for the use of the river. If we didn't give it to them they may shoot us with poison darts. He had us all sucked in for just ...
Sloths, Monkeys & Bulls, Oh My!
... thank you Wikipedia!)
We hiked over to our first beach stop after our sloth spotting. The beach was pretty small, yet beautiful and pretty private. I joked as we sat there that this could be the Bachelorette if only our picnic lunch of turkey sandwiches consisted of fabulous fruits, cheeses and wines and if we were sitting on fancy pillows and blankets. It was that type of beach, and I loved every minutes of it. :)
The beach had hundreds of ...
Paradise and Naughty Raccoons
... spied a naughty raccoon tip-toe out of the jungle and start rummaging through a couples bag while they were dozing. It was brilliant as the man got up with a start and shooed the raccoon away. This then provided much entertainment as every so often when they werent looking, the persistently cheeky little devil kept sneaking up on them to try and nick their picnic!
Even as we were walking out of the Park we caught sight of some howler monkeys with ...
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... up there yelling at him.”
We went down the 34 which is a coastal road pretty much. It skirts the coast enough that you see the water even now and then and it’s all high cliffs so it made for some nice views. We also got a glimpse of the macaws flying I assume to their nightly nesting. They fly in pairs…just a beautiful site.
So we finally arrived at Issimo Suites. It is a small boutique hotel on the mountain ...
Safe and Sound
... about the convenience. I did not want to do currency exchange in the airport so this worked out. Its actually strange how MCD’s always is different country to country. It got us over the hunger hump though and we trudged onward. We arrived in SJO at 11:10 and be the time we went through customs, rented the car, went to MCDs and drove to Peace Lodge it was about 2:00 I think when we checked in. The drive here is quoted at 45 minutes but I ...