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Manuel Antonio,
Costa Rica
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Although I have already arrived home safely, I felt for the sake of
completeness I should finish the last week! Just to reassure
everyone that I did make it home from Costa Rica and have not decided
to be a travel bum permanently.
Last week we had a beautiful relaxing time in Manuel Antonio, jungle
and forest and stunning beaches. On the first day we discovered
sunbathing in real comfort with the help of a huge gazebo to lie under,
heavenly. We also discovered why the hotel we stayed in was 'jungle
bungalows', we had iguanas falling off the roof, monkeys playing in the
trees, hummingbirds and even a tame deer that tripped over the fence to
come for food. Never a dull moment. In the national park we saw
lots of wildlife and finished with a swim in the sea, like a hot bath!
To complete our wildlife viewing we also did a mangrove swamp boat
trip, and saw the smallest crocodile in the world, smaller than my arm,
terrifying and lots more birds and unusual animals...a rare ant eating
animal that looked more like a little teddy bear. All in a very
relaxing last few days, the final day we just took it easy on the beach
and enjoyed the waves and perfect sunset.
The journey home seemed to take forever but was considerably better
than the way out (a nights stay in Madrid helped delay things!). We had
forgotton that we had a touch down in Panama on the way back, another
airport to add to the list and a nice one at that despite it being 10pm
on a Friday night. Got home 7pm on Saturday feeling very grubby and
very confused by the time changes. Sad that it is the end of my months
of travels but excited to be getting on with my life and no longer
living out of a backpac. It was strange to come home and find a
room full of stuff and clothes that I had totally forgotton about!
