La Baula Lodge Tortuguero

... spot of blue sky. The Pachira Lodge is a good hotel. The food OK, but it is more the scenery you come here for. However, being secluded on the bank opposite Tortuguero town, you do not have many options other than spend your time at the hotel. I am surprised that they do not offer to refill your water bottles here, and instead you have to buy small bottles for around USD 2 a piece. The drinks are USD 5, and the buffet style meals included in the package are OK but nothing fancy.

... us there is an anteater...in a tree! (he says it in spanish so I ask Nick what animal it is and I don't believe him at first when he says its an anteater bc I didn't think they could climb trees-apparently they can).  This anteater was about 60 feet up in a tree (the branches didn't look too stable).  I'm still in shock that the driver was able to spot it! It would be like me driving along and seeing a rat sitting in the bushes-basically impossible to see!  We got to our ...

Driving through Costa Rica's countryside it is an obvious nature lover’s paradise. Fifty years ago the Costa Rican government protected a lot of land for national parks and are now reaping the rewards of tourism. They seem to be very proud of the land and biodiversity they have, with very recent environmental education being taught to the children. Speaking with the locals they say they have a lot of challenges today, much like what we have at home. With governments ...

... or this won&#8217;t be fun&#8221; he called. My face must have dropped &#8211; what had we forgotten? Luckily one of our group came to the rescue with some DEET cream and we smeared it over legs and arms ready to face the fierce onslaught of mosquitoes that awaited.<br><br>Walk was probably a misnomer as it was more of a paddle as the path became flooded in areas and we were sloshing through 3 or 4 inches of water at times. Spiders (my pet hate) obviously loved the ...

... their wings hiding that incredible colouring. We were also able to see the Blue Jeans dart Frog and the incredible Black and Green Dart Frog neither of which looked real, more like the plastic figures you see in toy shops.<br><br>Dinner was in a large restaurant and you sat in groups with your guide. The food was good and we sat next to a Spanish family whose English was as good as our Spanish so there were a lot of hand signals going on. Then all of ...

... g*), but besides a scary bridge we had to cross and a lot of fun people to be around that went with us on the tour, we didn't find any steamy lava at all! *haha, who would have guessed?* So we all ended up in nearby hot springs and drifted away with a great starry night and lots of laughter! Next day we went to a huge hot springs area that offered 25 different pools with different temperatures and a great view of Arenal. What a great day, that we spend with some friends, we got to ...

... growling in the distance. The lonely planet even describe it as a mini amazon. It was 3.30pm by the time we finally arrived at Willis lodge. All Rankings lodge is on a strip of land between the ocean and the river with little huts on stilts and a nice dining area with hammocks overhanging the water and where I spent the rest of the afternoon snoozing whilst listening to the water lapping beneath me and hearing the roar of the sea a little ...

... jo polttaessa kalenteriamme ehdimme vielä Tamarindosta poistuttuamme pitämään 24 tunnin luontohetken yhdessä Costa Rican lukuisista luonnonpuistoista Monteverdessä. Tiesittekö muuten, että laiskiainen tulee puusta alas vain kerran viikossa - käydäkseen kakalla. Monteverde on myös kuuluisa, nykyään hyvin vähälukuisesta, Quaker -yhteisöstään. Quakerit ovat jenkkiläinen uskontokunta joka on hyvin vahvasti sitoutunut rauhanaatteeseen. USA:n aloitettua Vietnamin sodan ...

... reptile exhibit wasn't really worth it. The hummingbird garden was really amazing, though, and since they threw that in for free, I guess it didn't work out too badly cost wise. This afternoon will be another quiet one, with the group gathering for dinner to hear about tomorrow's travel plans to La Fortuna. Hard to believe the trip is almost over and there are only 4 days left. Time flies when you're really having fun. :-)

... from England. THey ahve been traveling around South and Central America for months. How they can afford it I don't know. IT was nice to talk to somoene else. The laggoon is about a 40 minute walk but on that walk we saw monkey's up close. Out in the wild I saw monkey's. WHen we go to the lagoon us foreigners looked and said - I am not sure we want to swim in this. We put our feet in and Kendrie swam around. Then we went to the ocean. We all got ...