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Big Thunder Lodge Golfito

Barrio Alamedas, Antigua Casa del gerente de la compania bananera, frente a agencia del ICE Golfito, Province of Puntarenas, Costa Rica

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Snakes and Ladders

A travel blog entry by cthetravellady

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Hah! To all the Canadians who ask us about snakes. Someone in Canada just found a snake in the cupboard under her sink - a rainbow boa. We have never seen a snake in our treehouse, so perhaps it is safer to live in Costa Rica?

The hydroelectric generator is going into the river so that we can soon ...

Rumble in the jungle

A travel blog entry by benandbea

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... intense region of the world or something like that. Anyhow it sounded more of a challenge than other places in Costa Rica.

We headed down by bus to San Jose, to a town called Golfito on the other side of the bay to Puerto Jimenez, the gateway to the southern and western edge of the park. Arrived in Golfito, a bit of a Colon, if we are honest although a nice setting on the bay. Checked into a hostel Toucan which was also a Colon and the ...

Snorkeling and the night hike

A travel blog entry by joegoldston

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... It is all covered in deciduous trees with palms down around the brown sandy beaches. We didn't t even make it into shore when Pedro our guide spotted a huge school of Triggerfish and so we got in and swam right with them. I tried diving and swimming under them and they didn't seem to mind a bit. Later we swam with several more schools of fish; but this was the largest and easily numbered in the hundreds. I ...

Sunset party

A travel blog entry by cthetravellady

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... staff, volunteers, piled into jeeps and trucks - grabbed a drink and snacks and joined Josh to watch the sun set over the horizon.



When the sun dipped behind the horizon, everyone spontaneously clapped - ...

Let's take the zipline home

A travel blog entry by cthetravellady

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... to Mis Ojos treehouse. That is still a nice option.

The longer route still ends near some great swimming holes, but now there is a nice little path which is a short-cut back to our treehouse, or to basecamp.


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