Corcovado Jungle Eco Lodge
Travel Blogs from Drake Bay
HIgh speed boat ride to Drakes Bay
... but made good times on super roads (ie tarmac and no house sized potholes). Arrived in Sierpe in 2 hours! Nice restaurant called Las Vegas (totally inappropriately named, although menu was a gamble) Met David at the tourist info office in the restaurant who informed us there was a boat going at 1530hrs huge bonus we can get to Drakes Bay today rather than find a place at Sierpe. Found the boatman sorted out fare and ...
Jungle Gym & Bat Caves
We packed up, ate an early breakfast at grandma's house and hopped back on the bus to take us to our kayaks. Pros: we saw some beautiful scenery, a couple crocodiles, scarlet macaws, white faced capuchin monkeys, cherrie's tanagers, birds of paradise, and a good workout. Cons: the loss of Daniel's camera in the river, the loss of Matt himself in the river, watching Clay kayak over ...
Welcome to the Jungle. Osa...Osa...
... word, except it was a seven letter word on a triple word score! 97 points! Wowie!
We also enjoyed countless boat rides, sing-a-longs, hammock siestas...plenty of activities. I managed to get burned the first day there, which means by now my discomfort has long faded, priming me for another reckless weekend at the beach. (Yes Jen, I WILL wear sunscreen. Yes, I will reapply after swimming. Promise.)
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Geburtstags-Weihnachtsgeschenk
... Beine Hallowen Krebse genannt werden und fluechteten vor einem Affen, der es sich offensichtlich zum Ziel gesetzt hatte, uns auf den Kopf zu 'bislen'.
Und wir beobachteten belustigt unseren 34 jaehrigen Vogelfan Natu, der vor Glueck ueber die Sichtung eines weissen Habichts (offenbar hoellisch selten) total aus dem Haeuschen geriet. Noch zehn Minuten, nachdem der Vogel schon laengst die Fliege gemacht hatte, brabbelte er selig vor sich hin wie ...
Rain!
... three of us to carry one across, I know what you are thinking, ooh manual labour! Good job there are so many chica's in our group, all the Tiko men wanted to show off, who could carry the biggest by himself, made the work load a little lighter!
Yesterday we had our first scorpion encounter, on top of my tent (coz where else would they go!?) Goes nicely with the palm sized tarantula I found on the inside door of my tent ...
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Amenities
- Restaurant
- Beach