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  • Calbys going wildFeb 2018Viaggiatore
    See the baby bum?
    Tour guide Luis (from Telkwa!)Pit viper - deadly!!11Jesus Christ lizard - it can run across water2

    Cahuita, Costa Rica

    23 febbraio 2018, Costa Rica ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

    We love Cahuita.  We drove down with Luis through farm land and bannana plantations.  He found us Spencers Seaside Cabanas, where the surf pounds relentlessly, and we had a big room, with sheets that didn't stay on with a deck that looked out onto the Caribean through the palm trees. Caleb or I would sit on the deck in the evening and play the ukelele We take the bad with the good and it all balances out.   Cahuita is a small town, that has many small accomodations (5 - 20 rooms).  No resorts, a few fancier lodges up the beach.   The best part of Cahuita is the National Park that you can access by donation from the town end of the park (at the Puerta Viejo end it is $10 per person). We went in every day and walked the trail, hung out on the beach, walked up the beach in the water to get to quiet areas all to ourselves. 
    We really enjoyed the wildlife in Cahuita National Park.   There were lots of white throated capuchin monkeys overhead, that provided tons of entertainment.  Of course the baby ones holding onto mama for dear life that were 10 feet from us were amazing to see.  Marty would spend a long time engaging the howler males in territorial disputes,  just to see if he could make them go hoarse.  Would you believe Marty could outlast them?  Its because your such a stud Marty (says Luis).  We saw some agoutis (cat sized guinea pigs), a coati (a cat sized furry critter), but neither for long as they would run across the trail in front of us, or under a walk way.  There were several sloths that we saw (one hung out around our hotel and he climbed right past us on the railing while we ate our breakfast not 3 feet away).  One day we walked 10km around Cahuita point and there was 2 km on a beautiful boardwalk through old rainforest.  There was a mama sloth climbing down a tree and a baby hanging off her.  There is a symbiotic relationship between sloths, a fungus that grows on the sloths back, and ants that eat the fungus.  All good for mama who was apparently used to it, but the poor little sloth was going nuts trying to scratch at the ants, and keep hold of mama who was transfering from one tree to another with a great stretch, all in very slow motion.  They do not have any fast twitch muscles! 
    We hung out with Luis and watched him surf the waves at playa negra, and thought we were staying out of the sun, but would you believe it doesn`t take much time down here to burn on up? Painful, and embarassing.  I believe I was being judgemental just the day before when I saw a mom with a burn.  And we learn very slowly, forgetting various body parts on a regular basis.  We did bring sunscreen,  its just 20$ for small bottle, so I thought I`d try the cover up and stay out of the sun option, but you do have to do all of those parts together, and all the time!! 
    Caleb says these are too long (especially if you are on your phone), sorry!  Off for swim, and I`ll post this with photos later.     Leggi altro

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    La Finca Seize

    20 febbraio 2018, Costa Rica ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C

    Rural Costa Rica. The Two Mile of Costa Rica.  Luis said Marty would like it here and he was right.  Luis took us on an adventure into the mountains and we followed farmer tracks up and up, then walked to confirm that we were on the wrong path.  It would rain on and off, which was not too bad, , but we were happy to get back down to the river where Luis took off in his kayak and we played in the river.  Caleb loves nothing better than to jump into rivers and he has found most places where this is possible. 
    It is easy to stay at the farm.  A Nicaraguan family stays in the main house and we have use of the tree house and the outdoor kitchen.  Luis has planted trees and heart of palm crops on his property and it is shady and entertaining.  There is a sloth who lives in a tree, but way up in the tree, and a scarlet macaw comes by some mornings. We can pick limes and bananas, but the pineapples are still too small. After we ate one that we had bought, we planted the top as Luis says anything will grow here.  They grow in the field around us, but I bought one,  where anyone else would buy it and it was 900 colones, which is about $1.80.  Like anywhere, the kids enjoy fruit when they get it as money goes towards rice and beans to fill tummies.  Last night Marty wanted a lime for his tequila, so he walked back to the lime tree to get one.  Luis' mom came out on Saturday on the bus from San Jose to get heart of palm that she sells to a fancy restaurant near her house in Heredia.  Josue cuts it before she comes and then they work together to split it and take the heart out.  I was put to work bagging 1kg bags, for which she gets 3$.  We had some for breakfast yesterday, and it is a bit like mushrooms, but denser.  It is good for you apparently, not much flavor.  Marty suggests that rich people like eating it because they like to know the poor people have worked hard for the food they eat.
    I am glad there are kids here.  Jorja has been playing hide and seek and tag and drawing with Micheal (5) and Daidra (10).  Yesterday we took Daidra, her little sister johanna (1), her big sister Hazel (19) and the boy from cross the street David (17) to the river near here to swim.  The family has a motorcycle, so I think it is hard to get everyone to one place at one time.  Daidra used the mask to watch the little yellow fish and thought that was pretty cool.  The rivers are clean and cool and we try to swim in all that we find.  Nicaraguans come to Costa Rica for the work, and are alot of the work force for the plantations of bananans and pineapples and do alot of the truck driving.  They have access to education and health care, but some Costa Ricans think they are displacing their own kids from jobs.  lll let you know if I meet any well off Nicaraguans.  We are going to find a back wheel for Josues bike today as the rim has worn through and he doesn't have the money to replace it.  For $8  it will be something we can do.  I would like to go to school with Daidra today and meet her teacher, maybe be put to work! 
    Luis comes back from San Jose today and we are heading to the Carribean maybe to Cahuita tommorrow.  I think it is good for us to stay at the farm and be reminded how a large portion of the country lives before we hit the tourist towns.     Leggi altro

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  • Calbys going wildFeb 2018Viaggiatore

    Mountain adventure

    16 febbraio 2018, Costa Rica ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

    Driving in the montanas with luis and he takes us this very quiet tree house resort where noone goes, after he gets us lost in the hills. Toucans in the trees, we can see Nicaragua in the distance. Swimming in the rivers that we crossed on the questionable bridges. Running shuttle for luis so he can paddle. Random moments of wifi!! Very nice palm wine and tequilla. Now luis has to drive.Leggi altro

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  • Calbys going wildFeb 2018Viaggiatore

    Alajuela

    15 febbraio 2018, Costa Rica ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

    Schools scary here .ya that was a school .we are now leaving to are friends farm for 2 weeks . I chased and caught pigeons last night in the square. The first walk we took, dad led us down the hill to the gang area where we talked to the two cops who are posted here 24-7!!!Leggi altro

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  • Calbys going wildFeb 2018Viaggiatore

    Livin it up in LA

    13 febbraio 2018, Stati Uniti ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

    We are sitting at a Hilton in LA trying delightfully to eat up our west jet meal credits. A little tempered by all the homeless people we saw living on the beach, however we are still having a good time. Marty has not had to drink the two beer he bought as he was double fisting Cesar’s at the complimentary bar. We got dropped off by our Uber taxi at the Santa Monica pier and quickly escaped to the beach. Caleb was soaked in minutes and jorja was naked just as fast. After checking out the fish science guys collecting water samples for background petroleum levels and desalting we headed up to rent bikes. We biked four hours way past Venice beach. And Caleb checked out the boarders at the park where upon a time in Venice was filmed. Just after that a black man got arrested and a naked woman walked by. There’s Caleb's education right there! Oh. Here comes our steak.

    Sent from my iPhone ( Marty has never eaten steak in a restaurant and he says it is almost as good as he farm!)    Leggi altro

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  • Calbys going wildFeb 2018Viaggiatore

    Waiting in the airport

    12 febbraio 2018, Canada ⋅ ⛅ 1 °C

    We are waiting back in the airport after getting all the way out on the runway and then returning to do repair work.We did have a great trip to van island and below are photos from our 3 days in squamish with our friend dawn and her dog robbie. she is bbsitting our truck and also drove us to the airport. it was sun all weekend. i went with dawn to a save howe sound film fest showing with Susuki presenting and a movie about Kindermorgan and it was dejavu from the enbridge process.

    well they are calling our new flight so we might be in Costa Rica tomorrow after all. We are missing all the snow. Really. We mean it. Caleb almost cried to see his friends out snowshoeing without him.
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  • Calbys going wildFeb 2018Viaggiatore
    Leaving the sun and snow..
    Bridge over the Fraser River at LilloetHot (and cold) Family PhotoCaleb at Science World about to experience sound waves!

    Vancouver

    29 gennaio 2018, Canada ⋅ 🌧 9 °C

    We made it out of Hazelton Jan 29th. Phew. After teaching until the 25th, getting report cards done and cleaning up for the new teacher to live at our place, it was good to hit the road although leaving snow and friends behind is always hard. We were able to exchange hugs with Robin in Prince George, had coffee with Liam in 100 Mile, and drove through on the Duffy Lake Road. Roads were pretty good, except Quesnel where we drove through a snowstorm to get there, and slid around on ice when leaving. But they do have the world's best donuts at the Quesnel Bakery and a pretty nice pool.
    We stayed our second overnight with Dawn in Squamish and then walked at Lighthouse Park on the way to Marty's eye exam. Unfortunately, Marty and his eyes are too old for the PRK surgery that he was hoping for, so the bifocals are coming on the trip. Staying with Sheelagh, James, Mackenna, and Keenan in Vancouver has been comfy and easy. Thanks for the friendship and for giving up your bedroom, your house made up for the deluge outside! Science World today was great and Caleb says that anyone who comes down should go there. Jorja loved the water works. We saw an IMAX about Henry Bates who spent 11 years in the Amazon Jjungle in the 1850's whose collection of butterflies gave Darwin the proof he needed for his theory of Natural Selection. Tomorrow we are heading to Vancouver Island to visit Hazelton expats.
    Caleb's thoughts: HI friends & frenemies wassup ... the drive down to Vancouver was awesome .we got to Vancouver on Wednesday and luckily went to a friends house and crashed for the night ! It rained two days strait which was a bummer and we didn't do very many outdoor things in that period luckily todays been pretty nice :)so that's all for now >>>>wait I forgot to mention I got to go onstage in science world for an experiment and get splashed when the guy put a tuning fork in the water.
    That's all for now folks! Enjoy the snow and have a ski for us.    Leggi altro

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