Pacuare Lodge Province of Cartago

... complete wildlife geeks... -

The next day, we decided to have a free day, so went for a walk up the 3 amigos path, to a viewpoint where you can see Arenal volcano... but as we expected the weather wasnt brilliant... as Monteverde is quite high, its constantly drizzly, as you are in the cloud forest, and at night, it gets pretty cold... cold enough for me to sleep in leggins and wear my wooly hat out for the evneing! - it was hot when we set off, and it just ...

... His two little girls were being raised in the middle of the rainforest. They had perfect manners and were very helpful in the kitchen. As we sat and enjoyed our dinner on the patio under the light of tiki torches, we hated knowing that we were leaving tomorrow.

We finish up the last half of the river tomorrow. Then we make our way to Panama.

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... left on a bus at 5am the next morning and got
to Managua at 2pm. (We spent 2 1/2 hours at the border. First on the
Costa Rica side to get out and then on the Nicaragua side to get in.)
Then we rested for 6 hours and got on another bus for Rama. It left at
9pm and got to Rama at 4am. Then we waited until 6am to get on a Panga
(speed boat) for two hours to get to the island. I had some severe back
trouble the next day after getting there. I have since decided that
LIMON, Costa Rica whomshallisend

... symptoms and I think that’s the biggest concern. Mono is so easily spread, and most Costa Ricans we’ve come across don’t know much about mono. So, I hope no one from our towns catches a bad case of it.
Last weekend, I was planning on just taking it easy; spending Saturday in Cartago, maybe visiting a friend in the hospital in San Jose, but for sure going back Saturday night and relaxing at my house. I finished what I needed to early Saturday ...

... approximately 100 baby sea turtles hatch in the protected hatchery area within the week! Wow, they are incredibly cute. After they hatched we set them free onto the beach about 20 feet from the water. They made their own way into the water as we watched. I felt we ...

... there is HGTV and I am in control of the remote. Here at Aranjuez, the price is amazing for 20$ I get my own room with the most comfortable bed Ive slept in since the last time I was here, an endless supply of coffee, the most amazing breakfast to wake up to and the most important thing (besides HGTV) is the free wifi. The huge list of things I was expecting to do on the internet though (like up load my 88 videos to my blog) will have to wait because my ...

... several hours by foot or a combination of hiking, a truck ride that costs the equivalent of about $6 USD (who has that kind of money there?) and a boat ride across the Telire river ...

... the shop. We were seated at a picnic style table and several other picnic tables were also in the room. All of them were covered with clear plastic table cloths. Under the cloths were hand written notes and business cards from hundreds of people from a variety of places around Costa Rica and other regions of the world. We ate a great traditional Costa Rican dinner and took some time to write a note and picture of our own. Basically we drew a map ...

... to Tirimbina for Maria's 7:30 pm bat tour. They stretch fine nets up to catch the bats, and she shows them to you up close, feeds them, and then releases them. (Maria is a bat biologist there and a leisure time coordinator!). Well, our plan sounded so good that Jeannette and Laureen bailed on Gerardo and tagged along with us instead.

We did mostly as planned. The boat trip took about 2 hours and the crew and guide were young, enthusiastic, and informative. We saw (and went ...