Rancho Casa Grande at Foresta Resorts Manuel Antonio National Park

We will post trip information here as soon as it starts. For 2010, we will continue planning the project and look for Sponsors that are willing to invest and support the Project. All indications in that regard is ...

Small village on the main road but Tucan Hotel set back. Not cheap and only 2 showers/toilets shared between up to 4 people in treehouse, 4 in hammocks, multiple others camping plus 12 people in dorms when fully occupied. Female shower/toilet always full of men as bigger - thankfully came when quiet.

Cocked up the directions to the falls, Cascadas Verde & didn't turn left before hardware store. Ended up crossing the river ...

... figured it was a fuel issue. Now, a few days later, we relize the problem was not Wesley but bad fuel. White smoke, which we were blowing, is a sign of too much water in the fuel. Of course we had to get the bad Diesel right before going over the Moutain of Death! Luckily Wesley is running fine now.

That night we parked in the middle of a pineapple field own buy yours truly, Del Monte. I never thought we would be enjoying Del Monte for it's beautiful sunset's!

... the whale!

We went back to do some more fishing but with still no luck then one of the other boats radioed in to say that three Columbian Drug Running boats were being pursued by Costa Rican and American coastguard. We could just see them; three high powered speed boats and we could just make them out being pulled over while a large American coastguard vessel was quickly speeding to the scene. We had earlier seen a plane come ...

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Had to change plans as there was no space at Sirena Ranger Station. Margarita was able to organise alternative route into Corcovado
Got Marvi bus to Sierpe. Stayed in good cabinas and had excellent meal in their restaurant

... we did once we are back. Then finally I get my opportunity to film the Mono Titi's at the house (a sub species of the Spider Monkeys). they are sooooo cute. And who cares about a few moskito bites, when you see wild monkeys in nature just doing their thing. It's the most amazing and fabulous thing ever! In the evening we walk over to the Hotel Karahe for a light dinner and Michilada and then fall asleep infront of the TV... our butts still hurting LOL....

... out to me that there was a snake there too. Okay, no problems, we called over one of the guys from the hotel who confidently caught the little fellow with the help of a swimming float placed gently across its neck. "Is it poisonous?" we asked. No, was the confident reply but we weren't so sure - it had the diamonds on its back like a viper, so we stood well back as the guy asked the security guard (who presumably had seen this a million times before) what he'd caught ...

... awful cold which really slowed me down. I think it was my body's way of telling me I needed a break as I have not stopped since arriving in June. It was problematic in the sense that we had planned on going to the Carribean side of Costa Rica, however, we were unable to do so...I was in no shape for travelling. All I wanted was bed, ice cold showers and soup. Lots of soup. Fortunately by Thursday my cold had cleared up enough that we decided to venture into ...

... at the hotels) and promised we'd see lots more animals with him than without him. and he was right. he had a telescope and somehow spotted bats sleeping high up in the trees, cicadas, lizards deep in the woods, and gave us great views of sloths. we also saw howler monkeys, a coati (an eateater looking fellow), a friendly racoon that kept trying to steal food from people on the beach, and lots of garrobos, blue lizards that look like iguanas. so the tour was ...

Prevec najedeni od casadota v Queposu sediva (zdiva) za ekranom in razmisljava o tem kako bi blo fajn najet avto in gruntava najboljse variante ... Vceraj zvecer smo sli vn (zadnja noc, blo treba proslavit), s tem, da smo eni prsli domov ob 12h, drugi ob 5h eni pa 20 minut pred odhodom ob 7h zjutraj. Taksi driver je mel zamudo in pol je se rabu 1/2 ure, da je spravu srfe na streho avta! Ko smo se koncno vkrcali je bla ura 7.30, kar je pomenilo, da smo ...