Getting ready for CR

Packed and ready to take off, with Jane, early Sunday morning.
Packed and ready to take off, with Jane, early Sunday morning.
Arrived in San Jose this afternoon with enough time to walk around town a bit. We went to the National Museum a few blocks away. There’s a wonderful butterfly sanctuary, archeological finds, and aBaca lagi
Our day began with an historian’s lecture about Costa Rican history. Then we left San Jose to visit the Dota coffee cooperative where we to toured the production process and visited fields whereBaca lagi
Our early morning effort to see the Resplendent Quetzal was worthwhile - we saw the tail feathers of the male bird outside the nest, and caught a fleeting glimpse of the female who quickly flew away.Baca lagi
We had another early morning, this time unsuccessfully searching for the Resplendent Quetzal. We searched in a location on the lodge property where others had spotted the birds yesterday. We weren’tBaca lagi
Before breakfast, and from the lodge’s open air common area, we observed the never-ending show of colorful birds, including toucans. After breakfast, we enjoyed a short nature hike to the riverBaca lagi
We departed the very special Rafiki safari lodge this morning and headed for the ocean. Before leaving the area, we stopped at the home of one of the bartenders from Rafiki to learn about his smallBaca lagi
Our hotel is really nice and very well located, immediately next to the entrance to the Manuel Antonio National Park. It costs about $18 to enter (less for Costa Ricans), and was much more crowdedBaca lagi