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15 января 2024 г.
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Start of our vacation out of YVR
14 января 2024 г., Канада ⋅ 🌙 -5 °C
ПутешественникHave sooooo much fun!
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Good Morning Toronto on to Tamarindo
15 января 2024 г., Канада ⋅ 🌬 -14 °C
We were fortunate to be upgraded to Business Class. My first time in a sleeping pod!! Grateful for a few hours of sleep😴 We went from -14 to extremely hot and humid at 34 in Costa Rica. The traffic is slow going getting anywhere and motorcycles drive up either side of you and overtake. It's quite scary, especially at night, but now we know what to expect😬 A quick dip in the pool then much needed 😴 sleepЧитать далее
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Путешественник Wow that looks awesome!
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ПутешественникCan't wait to see it in the daytime. We are up above the town and have a 10 minute walk to the miles of beaches👍
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Путешественник Yea please 😂
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Tamarindo
16 января 2024 г., Коста Рика ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
We enjoyed a nice sleep in then made ourselves breakfast and sat out on our deck and drank our coffee. We saw a very colorful, large iguana climbing a nearby tree. There are two kinds on the propery; colorful and more neutral/black tones. We walked down to the main beach area, only 10 minutes away. This beach is known for surfing. We spent lots of time in the water body surfing. The temperature was 32 today and always with high humidity. Near the water, it is a bit cooler with a nice breeze. We walked through the town to get our bearings and find a restaurant for dinner. We walked back to our airbnb, which was a chore in the heat, and walked right into our pool to cool off. We sat and read and swam until dinner time. We discovered that the Italian Consulate has their office in our complex as we walked back down to eat. We ate at the "Ocean" restaurant on the water and had a really nice meal. The sunset was beautiful. A nice end to our first full day.Читать далее
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Путешественник Anthony waiting to catch a wave
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Путешественник Goodness...that is huge😱
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Путешественник Wow so beautiful 🌅
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Tamarindo to Samara
17 января 2024 г., Коста Рика ⋅ 🌬 34 °C
We packed up today and left our rental car locked in our complex while we walked to check out restaurants for Shaun's birthday. We sat in the shade reading while we waited for Shaun&Tom, Dawn&Craig to arrive. We had a great birthday lunch ( fish tacos)for Shaun at Hogui's. It was great to see them and hear of their adventures so far. After lunch we all headed out. They were driving to Saint Teresa and we drove a few hours to Samara. It was a nice drive and not too busy. Speed limits range from 25 km to 70km/hr.Читать далее
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Путешественник Wow that is beautiful
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Путешественник That looks like a painting
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Путешественник Everything is so lush and beautiful
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Samara
17 января 2024 г., Коста Рика ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
We arrived just after 4pm. The drive was nice and not too busy. We located our Airbnb where our host, Lucy, met us and toured us through the complex. We discovered a little visitor gecko in our bathroom and various birds that were so loud. In the morning we woke to see variegated squirrels in the trees. One inparticular was after the coconuts in the palm tree. After breakfast we walked downtown to look for a supermarket and potential restaurants. We had a short walk to the beach and then we took a long walk up and down the entire bay with some swim and body surf breaks. We read our books in the shade and then walked to get groceries. After an afternoon coffee we went to the pool for some swimming/exercise. For dinner we tried a restaurant right on the beach. The clouds moved in for a moody evening and, without much wind, the humidity was relentless. We haven't stopped sweating and this was the first day my hair stayed wet and damp from morning to bedtime!! Tomorrow we drive to Manuel Antonio.Читать далее
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Путешественник Hope it doesn't want to join you in bed😱
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ПутешественникNot too much actually. We got a bit from walking on the beach, but have to take it in small doses. It's such intense heat. We wear 50spf and sit in the shade.
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ПутешественникWe lost site of him, so we assumed he ran out the door😂
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Manuel Antonio
19 января 2024 г., Коста Рика ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
We woke up early and walked to breakfast at Bohemia Cafe. We had fantastic lattes, strawberry, lemon and mint crepes and banana Nutella crepes with pineapples and watermelon👌We walked back to our flat and packed the car and left on our
5 1/2 hour drive. The roads were generally great and we had higher speed zones on our routes. We actually got up to 90km/hr but usually not for long. We hit traffic hot spots, just like home and unfortunately one of our stops was a fatal collision between a semi and two motorcycles. It was very emotional and sad. The drive was beautiful with lots of changes in agricultural, jungle, palm tree groves and smaller mountainous areas. We had trouble finding our Airbnb with our GPS sending us in circles around the main center which had lots of one way streets😜🤔 Our host, Stephane was patiently waiting for us. We parked and he asked us if he we wanted to take a bag up and we said no, we would wait. Then Anthony took a look at the stairs we had to climb and we went back and got most of our bags with Stephane's help. We carried everything up 156 steep stairs😅🥵 Then we did it all over again for the food bags!! What a workout and actually welcome since we had been sitting in the car. Stephane has a beautiful home overlooking the ocean. It is all concrete floors, & counters. He showed us his coffee plant and cinnamon tree right outside the main entrance and off the deck. He and his family stay right next door.Читать далее
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Beautiful place!🥰 Sorry you had to experience that tragedy.😔 [Carrie]
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ПутешественникThanks Carrie, I still get emotional talking or thinking about it, especially because it was preventable. The motorcycles are constantly taking risks pulling in and around cars and passing when they shouldn't be😣
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ПутешественникThat would’ve been hard Deb. 🥰 …it definitely sounds a little scary all right…very dangerous 😟
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Damas Island Mangrove Kayak Tour & Hike
20 января 2024 г., Коста Рика ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
An exciting morning as we venture out to Damas for our Kayak tour of the mangroves. William is a Biologist and our guide. He grew up on this farm and has been touring and educating people about the Mangroves and the biodiversity and ecology of the area. Javier, a very nice guy from Los Angeles & Susan and Robert from New York were in our grouping. We saw monkeys right away, many birds, iguanas, crabs, & sardines. No crocs are in this type of Mangrove and the boas are nocturnal and tend to be in the fields. We had a relaxing paddle and saw a 600 year old White Mangrove tree. When the tree is 50-60 years old the roots start to grow above ground and the bottom roots feed from the water.
We had a very nice meal provided afterward, chatted with our larger group and shared information and photos. Anthony and I learned about a Rainmaker hike from Susan and Robert so we decided to go take it in. It was fantastic. Not only was it great exercise with all the stairs, but being in the canopy of the rain forest and seeing the depth of the jungle around us, the waterfalls and swim holes was another highlight of the day. We drove back and hiked up to our airbnb, got ready and went out for a really nice meal and then on to meet up with Shaun & Tom, Dawn & Craig at their place. We got caught up on our travels and adventures. We are all heading to Manuel Antonio National Park tomorrow to spend the day together.Читать далее
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Cool! Word of caution don’t pull on vines for balance you never know what may come down on you!!🤭🐍🦂 (Dawn Pfeifer advice!) [Carrie]
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ПутешественникOMG! 😳🥺
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ПутешественникSounds like an amazing day!!
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Manuel Antonio National Park
21 января 2024 г., Коста Рика ⋅ 🌙 26 °C
We had a really fun day today. We had a nice hoghurt, banana and granola breakfast with coffee at our airbnb and then walked to the main road where Dawn&Craig and Shaun&Tom picked us up and we drove to Manuel Antonio National Park which is know for its white sand beaches, walking trails and wildlife. We walked 12.5 km today through the trails in the park. We followed the groups with the guides so we had some idea what to look for. We could see sloths way high up in the trees, a raccoon-type animal, white faced monkeys, iguanas, two black squirrels, some hermit crabs and two small deer. I got too close to one monkey and he bared his teeth at me.....as I got out of his space very quickly!! We had some beach and swim time before heading to a Soda (this is where the locals eat and the food is typically much cheaper and a local flavor). We had a really great meal and some tasty margaritas for Happy Hour. After dinner we bought some pastries at a bakery for tomorrow, went to a grocery store to stock up and on to D&C, S&T's place for a swim in the pool and relax time. Anthony and I drive to the Caribbean side of Costa Rica to Puerto Viejo de Talamanca tomorrow.Читать далее
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ПутешественникSounds like another fun day!
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Путешественник 🐒🐒😂😂
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Путешественник The color of the water is beautiful
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Puerto Viejo de Talamanca
22 января 2024 г., Коста Рика ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Anthony and I drove 6 hours to Puerto Viejo de Talamanca today. We made a stop at Crocodile Bridge to see the crocs below. They were not too active, but there were lots of them. A bird landed near them and walked around them. Surprisingly and thankfully, the crocs were unphased. Everyone was tense thinking the bird was a goner🫣 The drive was spectacular through the National Park. The roads were very windy in that section. We had some double lane highways with 100km/hr speed zones. We drove on the outskirts of the city of San Jose. Then we had lots of double lanes that changed to single with barriers in the left lane. Directly after vehicles could get back in the left lane to turn left, then it was back to double lanes. There must have been 50 of these on the highway. The other hazard would be the constructure zones that popped up and directed you hard left or right and sometimes had us changing to two-way traffic and same on our side of the highway without warning. A bit dicey for sure. You have to be on your toes driving these roads and highways. We made a stop for fruit with a local farmer. We did a lot of sign language and we figured out how much to pay👍
We found our VRBO just as the rain started, met our host and the resident cat whose name we are waiting to find out. We got settled and enjoyed the beer they left for us. The cat got comfy on Anthony's lap and kept nudging Anthony to pet it. Super cute. We then drove into the main center for groceries and dinner. It was a hub of activity. We found a local Soda and enjoyed a Caribbean meal. Back at our place we sat and listened to the rain start up again. They get rain regularly it sounds like. Tomorrow is showing 75% humidity and showers and sun👍👍 Tomorrow we will do some laundry then venture into Cahuita to look at doing a snorkelling tour.Читать далее
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Путешественник That's cool. I bet Anthony likes that
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ПутешественникWhat's funny is that I was busy taking a photo of a wooden sculpture off to the right and didn't even notice it. I went to get back in the car and Anthony points out the airplane. I laughed so hard!!
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Путешественник 😂
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Cahuita
23 января 2024 г., Коста Рика ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Had a laid back morning of laundry and no dryer...we hang our clothes, but nothing dries because of the high humidity!! We had a lot of rain through the night and into this morning. I picked 2 ripe bananas from a tree in the yard🍌A nice addition to breakfast. Our cat is making itself at home. As soon as the door opens in the morning it meows and comes in!! The couch is a favorite😺We took the bikes they had for us out for a 5.5km spin to see the oceanside and the neighborhood.
After our ride we had lunch and then drove to Cahuita to check it out and look into the snorkelling tour. Unfortunately the seas were too rough so they couldn't do the tours😒 After a quick drive around Cahuita we drove to Manzanilla to see the beaches there.Читать далее
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❤️ [Carrie]
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Путешественник Beautiful!
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Путешественник Great shot!
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Manzanilla
23 января 2024 г., Коста Рика ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
It was a very busy drive to Manzanilla. Lots of people riding bicycles, motorbikes, tut tuts and you have to watch so carefully to get around because the roads are so narrow. We arrived and the sea was just as rough as our area so we couldn't swim. The lifeguards were out and watching anyone that went into the water very carefully. We walked down the beach to take a look at the freighter ship that grounded there. Not sure how old it is. The graffiti was well done on it and the waves crashing into it was pretty cool. On the way back a guy showed us a young sloth right up close in a tree. We were treated to it moving around and looking down. It was a 3 toed sloth. We then found a local Soda and tried some Caribbean food. It was not as good as the previous night but still a treat. Their mango and pineapple ginger drinks were delicious.
We drove back to our place and our cat (they still haven't told us the name) came in and jumped up on the couch with me just loving the attention😍 We are trying the wine our hosts left for us and relaxing. Another great day.Читать далее
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ПутешественникSounds like a wonderful day! ❤️
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Путешественник ❤️
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Путешественник So awesome! ❤️
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Talamanca
24 января 2024 г., Коста Рика ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
I was up at 6:30am and watched a tailless large rat-like animal rummaging around the garden. We hear different birds each day around our place. It's very beautiful and melodic. Our clothes are still not dry from laundering yesterday!!😆 we ate the delicious bananas from the tree on the property then got ready and drove to Bread & Chocolate, a recommended restaurant. I had the avocado, egg and bacon on a grilled plantain and this was by far my favorite so far. Anthony had the Caribbean pancakes with chocolate sauce😋😋 we then drove to set up a tour at the Organic Chocolate and Coffee Farm. Our tour is at 2pm so we headed to a beautiful beach just down the road. The surf was pretty powerful again and the red flags were up. We watched a few surfers catch a few waves. It is so calming and meditative watching the waves crash and wash in. We read our books in the shade. It was 32 but feels like 36 with the humidity, but we had a nice breeze so it was comfortable. Our tour guide was Oscar and their farm has won awards with the best chocolatier in Costa Rica.Читать далее
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Путешественник ❤️
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Путешественник Are those plants they’ve planted?
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ПутешественникYes, I believe so. There was a man tending to them
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Caribbean Organic Cocao Farm Tour
24 января 2024 г., Коста Рика ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
We had such a fun tour with Oscar and 2 young women. He spotted and pointed out 6-8 sloths, toucans, howler monkeys, red poison mini frogs, agouti( rat-like rodent with no tail), big spiders, & macaw birds on the walk up to the farm. He said he was early arriving for the tour so he was slow vibing!!
He shared so much information about the process. This is a smaller farm so they make enough chocolate to sell in their store. They have several small farms in the area that grow cacao beans and the bars are named after the farm that grew the beans. They do don't export because it's too small of an organic operation. They check for a particular fungus on the beans that turns the bean black with airborne white spores on the outside that can spread. They create other products using the cocoa butter portion of the beans. We tasted so much chocolate, all that you see in the pictures and all were 😋 delicious.
After the tour and purchases, including the t-shirts. The shirts have a sloth wrapped around a tree with the words "slow good" which is the vibe of the 3 -toed sloths who sleep 18+ hours a day and consume the THC in the type of tree they prefer, as well as eating the cocao beans....he said they are high and can't remember what happened a few hours prior, so they keep sleeping! After the tour we headed for dinner back at Soda Mirna's and had the Cribbean chicken, plantains and coconut milk rice 😋😋 We are checking out in the morning and heading to tour an organic fruit & cacao farm and then more beach time before staying the night together with T&S, C&D. We are going to miss this very affectionate resident cat when we leave🥰Читать далее
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Путешественник That is so cool!
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ПутешественникYou wouldn't believe the flavor, closer to chocolate as they dried
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Путешественник Mmmm!
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ПутешественникI could have drank this all day. It had Caribbean allspice, cayenne and anise
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Playa Punta Uva
25 января 2024 г., Коста Рика ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
We had a very rainy night with extreme downpours. We woke to sunshine. We got up and packed up then had our yoghurt, granola and fresh on-site bananas. We enjoyed our coffee and final cuddles with the cat. We drove to a new beach called Playa Punta Uva. We had about 45 minutes
to check it out before heading to the Jaguar Rescue Center. We walked along and someone had done some beautiful mermaid sandart. Following the Jaguar Rescue Center Tour, we returned and had some serious sloth action. A sloth may have fallen out of a tree or perhaps came down for its weekly poop. Whatever the case, it was so sad. It was all wet and crawled along the beach to get back to a tree. We had just learned that they do not like to be around humans. Some can die of heart failure if they are too close to humans. Well, this poor sloth was surrounded by people taking selfies, etc ( which is illegal to do because people used to exploit the animals by charging for photos with these wild animals). The sloth eventually made it back into the trees🥰. We sat and read for a bit and decided to go back to the beach area from yesterday. We sat, reading our books and watched as the rain clouds moved in. At about 4pm, the shower lit hard. We had already made it to the car while everyone scrambled off the beach. We headed towards the main center and drove around the streets we had not yet driven down while the rain stopped. We then drove to meet Tom & Shaun, Craig& Dawn at their VRBO and stayed one night with them. I made fresh guacamole and Shaun and I cut up watermelon, mango and pineapple for snacks. We hot caught up on our adventures and shared some tours to do, watched a Netflix climbing movie then went to sleep.Читать далее
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Путешественник So 😢
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ПутешественникBeautiful beaches
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Путешественник Aww, this makes me sad! 🥺😟. Poor thing! 💔
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Jaguar Rescue Center
25 января 2024 г., Коста Рика ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
The Jaguar Rescue Center began when 2 biologists moved to Puerta Viejo. The locals got wi d and brought what they thought was an injured jaguar to them to help it. It turned out not to be a jaguar ( but an Ocelot). Word got around though that they were the jaguar people and soon locals kept dropping off wounded wildlife. They started the center to help these animals and now it houses many varieties. The entry fee helps pay for the rescues, food and maintenance of structures, etc. They are so passionate about helping these animals despite no ho ornament support. They are even reinsulating power lines so the animals don't get electrocuted trying to cross the wires along the roads. They also take in animals that humans have tried to keep as pets or who have abused or injured these beautiful animals. So.e may have diseases or broken bones. As we were getting set up.for the tours, I recognized K. D. Lang, the singer, right away. I made sure we got into her group!! We did not bother her or approach until the tour was over. I asked if we could have a photo with her and she was so kind and said yes. Anthony chatted with her about a friend of a friend of hers who he was aware of that just passed away. We had a bit of a conversation about our Cocoa Farm Tour as we walked back to.our vehicles. We really enjoyed the information and passionate support from this tour and the many volunteers who keep it going❤️ PS..check out Lizzie's jaguar earrings👌Читать далее
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ПутешественникThat's crazy about KD🤯
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Путешественник Goodness that's nuts....one scary rodent🤯
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ПутешественникThey are everywhere and pretty much keep to themselves.
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Group Breakfast then on to La Fortuna
26 января 2024 г., Коста Рика ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
We woke by 7:30 am and had coffee together and then got packed and ready to go for breakfast with T&S, C& D to our favorite breakfast place, Bread and Chocolate. We had musical accompaniment again and enjoyed a fantastic breakfast. We said parted ways and will keep in touch to information share as we head to the areas they will go to towards the end of their trip. We had a great day of travel. We stopped to see Limon, which is a bigger center. We stopped to buy fruit and then carried on for a 5 hour drive total. The Arenol Volcano had some clouds cover near the top as we approached. We drove around and got our bearings then parked our car at the airbnb and walked through town to find a dinner spot. We did some research for tomorrow ( hikes near the volcano, the La
Fortuna Waterfall trek down and back up 500 stairs and then on to the Relax Thermalitas ( natural hot springs).Читать далее
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ПутешественникThose are a lot of bananas 🍌🍌
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Путешественник Wow! Is it active?
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ПутешественникYes, it was last active in 2010
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La Fortuna
27 января 2024 г., Коста Рика ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Today we woke up early to go explore the amazing sites. Our weather is overcast and we have had 3 downpours before we have started. This will be a hiking kind of day. This post will show the beautiful orchids and flowering plants of this area. We posted each site we visited separately.Читать далее
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ПутешественникSo pretty
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Путешественник Love all the orchids!!
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Fortuna Waterfall - 500 stairs
27 января 2024 г., Коста Рика ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
This was our first stop of the day. We walked down the 500 stairs to the 70 m waterfall. It was so powerful. We both took turns swimming in the cold water. The power of water movement pushed you to one side and it was hard to get back to the rocks because the movement pushes the water off the rocks. It was a fun experience and then we trekked the 500 stairs back to the top. We then walked around the Orchid Trail. They have so many different types of orchids growing. Their many flowering plants were beautiful.Читать далее
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ПутешественникYou're going to be running up those stairs soon 😂💕
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ПутешественникLove the quotes
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Arenal1968 Lava and Forest Hikes
27 января 2024 г., Коста Рика ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
This was the site of the 1968 Arenal Volcano eruption. We hiked the Lava Trails and the Forest Trail which has a lake made by the volcanic eruption. We hiked approx 12 km. We saw some birds and lots of busy ants carrying leaves to their nest. The orchids grow in amongst the rocks and vegetation. They are so beautiful. We had rain off and on so this was the first day we wore our rain jackets. The viewpoint of Arenal Volcano was cool, but today was overcast so we were not seeing the full Volcano. At the end of the trails they have planted medicinal plants, fruit trees and Coffee plants. We really enjoyed the exercise today.Читать далее
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Relax Termalitas ( natural hot springs)
27 января 2024 г., Коста Рика ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
Following our hike we drove into La Fortuna to eat at the recommended Soda Ara right up the street from our airbnb. We arrived just in time as another downpour started. The food was delicious ( grilled chicken, salad, fried sweet plantains, rice and beans and small potatoes). Afterwards we drove to the natural hot springs called Relax Termalitas. Our host provided 2 tickets as part of our stay. The pools were 39 degrees. It was so nice after our hike and the 500 stairs climb👌 We stayed for an hour and a half. We were quite relaxed and on the way home stopped to look through a huge souvenir shop and then my favorite, we found "Chocolate Fusion" and enjoyed a fantastic hot chocolate and a chocolate croissant. The perfect way to end a day😋🥰Читать далее
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Путешественник 😂
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ПутешественникNow I want a croissant 🥐🥐 and hot chocolate 😋😋
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ПутешественникYour croissants are much better. These were not so soft. More crunchy and dry. A bit disappointing but the chocolate on them made up for it as well as the hot chocolate!!
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Путешественник Loving all the chocolate
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Arenal Observatory Lodge & Spa Trails
28 января 2024 г., Коста Рика ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Anthony and I were up early in hopes of clearer skies to hike in before the worst rain at 1pm. No such luck. It was socked in and raining hard on the drive to the Observatory and hiking trails. We hiked almost 10km of trails. We saw some birds, one 🐸 frog, a monkey waaay up high in a tree and a pack of Kwata Mundi or Kwati's for short. They are pretty friendly and walked right up to our car in hopes of us giving them some food.
The most beautiful parts were the flowering plants and my favorite, the "Rainbow Eucaluptus" tree.
We climbed what is called "The Nest" which is 146 steps up to a platform overlooking the tree canopies. We couldn't see the volcano with the cloud cover today. We had an interesting time on the River Trail which was very muddy and slippery. We got to a point where we had to turn back because the steep trail looked like an accident waiting to happen!!
We saw a beautiful waterfall, a few hanging bridges and a museum with the timelines and history of the Arenal and Cerro Chado Volcanoes, and the wildlife, birds, frogs, snakes and plant throughout the park. We were absolutely drenched walking through the museum!! We drove back to our airbnb and had a hot shower then headed back to Chocolate Fusion for another hot chocolate😋😋. We ate at a different Soda this evening and then it was back to pack for our last leg of the trip to Monteverde.
Though we did not have sunshine here to see the volcano, it did not stop us from exploring the beautiful sites. What's a little rain in the midst of a rainforest and cloud forest!!😂 All the wildlife, majority of birds and frogs were under cover today in this rain.Читать далее
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Путешественник That doesn't look like a trail that looks like a washout 🤯
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ПутешественникIt definitely was. I really wanted to get to the end of it but the hill we came to was just not doable in the mud
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ПутешественникBetter to be safe than sorry
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Arenal Observatory Flowering Plants
28 января 2024 г., Коста Рика ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
I cannot stop taking pictures of the beautiful and unique flowering plants. So this is dedicated to this one lodge area and Trails we visited today.
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ПутешественникWow there are some crazy plants and flowers
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ПутешественникSo much like Kauai!
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ПутешественникWow! So beautiful!
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Arenal Volcano and area History Museum
28 января 2024 г., Коста Рика ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
I wanted to capture the history and timeline of the Arenal, Cerro Chado and other volcanoes in the area as well as the wildlife, birds, and plant information for Costa Rica.
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Breakfast in LaFortuna, next Rio Celeste
29 января 2024 г., Коста Рика ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Anthony and I packed up this morning. We had brighter skies so took a look at Arenal Volcano this morning and we could see the cone at the top. It didn't last long before the clouds moved in. We ate at Jungle Bowls and shared the best, huge smoothie bowl. Once fueled up, we drove to Rio Celeste, the site of the Blue Lagoon ( water is a beautiful aqua blue). It is supposed to rain and in that case the water will not be aqua blue, but brown. We prepaid to go into the park so we are committed rain or shine. We had some really rough roads going in with lots of potholes. It was slow going, then just 3 km from the park the roads were good again!
It was pouring rain by the time.e we started the hike. We decided to trek in our Teva's because our runners got so wet yesterday. We hiked to the site of the Blue Lagoon over rocks, mud, streams, bridges to see the brown muddy water and Sulphur bubbles percolating. We hiked to the end of the trail then headed back to the waterfall. We walked down and back up 253 stairs. 8 km today. Lots of great exercise this week!! On the way back out of the trail, a guide was stopped with 2 people. We asked what they were seeing and there was the snake I was hoping to see before we leave Costa Rica, the yellow eyelash viper. Highly venomous. It was curled up on a low branch. You could see it's eyelashes clearly. I never thought I would say this, but it made my day.
We got back to the car and drove to our next stop, Monteverde. The roads were winding, mountainous roads coming out of the Volcano Tonorio National Park. We had some nice highway driving with some different landscape from our previous area. It was very open with the mountains in the distance. Once we turned off the main highway following the Monteverde signs, we were in for a shock. The roads were so bad and rough. We had to drive so slow for 20km. The view once we got to the top of the climb were spectacular. We were treated to a few rainbows on the way into our Ecofarm where we are staying. This farm is an ecolodge, sustainable and family run. We are in a basic Cabana. So far the food for dinner was fabulous.Читать далее
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ПутешественникIt was small and we would have walked right by it if the guide had not seen it for us.
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Driving to Monteverde Ecolodge
29 января 2024 г., Коста Рика ⋅ 🌬 20 °C
Some of the pictures along our drive today
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Путешественник That is beautiful
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ПутешественникShe was with us, guiding us along💖
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