September 24, 2017-arrival in San Jose
2017年9月24日, コスタリカ ⋅ 🌧 64 °F
Dean has wanted to go to Costa Rica for years, so we finally decided to go. We had enough credit card points to pay for the airfare, and we exchanged timeshares for a two week trip. Our friend, Bruceもっと詳しく
San José
2017年9月25日, コスタリカ ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F
We got up early (didn’t know that the time was actually an hour behind what we thought). It was a beautiful morning.
Pic: Waiting for our free breakfast/tour package presentation–we look prettyもっと詳しく
Afternoon tour of San Jose
2017年9月25日, コスタリカ ⋅ 🌧 70 °F
After lunch, we went on a sightseeing tour of San Jose. Although it was raining (it is the rainy season after all!) we saw the highlights of the city and learned about the economy, history, andもっと詳しく
National Theater in San Jose
2017年9月25日, コスタリカ ⋅ 🌧 70 °F
This beautiful theater was financed by a tax on coffee, and completed in 1897. It was designed for everyone to access music and dance.
See the statue in the lobby, the interior of Theater, firstもっと詳しく
Sarchi woodworking village
2017年9月26日, コスタリカ ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F
We ate a quick breakfast of cereal in our condo, before we met the tour group at 7:15 for the excursion to Arenal Volcano. On the way, we stopped in the woodworking village of Sarchi, famous for itsもっと詳しく
Afternoon at Arenal Volcano
2017年9月26日, コスタリカ ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F
We stopped for lunch, and we could see the volcano from the restaurant. We ate a traditional lunch called Casado, which is beans, rice, fried plantains, sautéed onions and peppers, cabbage salad, andもっと詳しく
Sarapiqui River Safari Trip
2017年9月27日, コスタリカ
We took a boat safari tour on the Sarapiqui River. Monkeys in the trees, crocodiles on the riverbanks, bats on a tree trunk, and many birds, butterflies, and flowers were seen everywhere.
Tirimbina Reserve
2017年9月27日, コスタリカ ⋅ ⛅ 86 °F
Tirimbina Reserve: Lunch was served here, and was delicious as always! Then we walked in the rainforest, including the longest hanging bridge in the country. We saw lots of wildlife, including theもっと詳しく
Chocolate Demo, Tirimbina Preserve
2017年9月27日, コスタリカ ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F
After our forest walk, we watched a demonstration of chocolate-making and got to taste it, unsweetened and sweetened, liquid and solid.
Morning Drive through the Cloud Forest
2017年9月28日, コスタリカ ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
We drove through Alajuela and Heredia provinces where we saw coffee plants growing under canopies to protect them from the sun, and fields of tropical plants grown for export as houseplants. We hadもっと詳しく
La Paz (Peace) Waterfall Garden
2017年9月28日, コスタリカ ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
This park in the cloud forest is a sanctuary for rescued animals and birds (many illegally kept as pets) that are unable to be returned to the wild: monkeys, macaws, and jungle cats etc. Here are someもっと詳しく
La Paz Hummingbirds
2017年9月28日, コスタリカ ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
So many different hummingbirds, and so hard to photograph them!
La Paz Waterfall Garden
2017年9月28日, コスタリカ ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F
Tour continues: Blue Morpho Butterfly on Dean, monkeys visiting with our guide, snake (under glass!), sleepy jungle cats, and frog.
Plants in the park
2017年9月28日, コスタリカ ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F
Orchids and other plants
Waterfalls
2017年9月28日, コスタリカ ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F
There are three waterfalls in the park, which were accessed by a trail and stairs. Picture 5 shows the couple, Larry and Dorthy from North Carolina, who were with us on all the tours. They are soもっと詳しく
Doka Estate Coffee Plantation
2017年9月28日, コスタリカ ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F
On the way back to San Jose, we stopped at the Doka Estate coffee plantation. Christian used to work there, so he gave us the tour and explained the process of coffee making--very interesting! Theもっと詳しく
Carara National Park
2017年9月29日, コスタリカ ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
Today's tour took us towards the central Pacific coast, with a breakfast stop along the way. A very common breakfast consists of Pinto Gallo (Spotted Rooster), a beans and rice dish with vegetablesもっと詳しく
Tarcoles River safari
2017年9月29日, コスタリカ
Next, we had a boat trip on the Tarcoles River, to see some huge crocodiles (one was named Mike Tyson) and lots of birds including herons, toucans, hawks, ibis, and the clay-colored robin, theもっと詳しく
Rainforest Adventures Canopy Tour
2017年9月30日, コスタリカ ⋅ ⛅ 84 °F
We had planned to go to Manuel Antonio National Park, but decided that we didn’t want to take another long bus ride, so we opted for a canopy tour at Rainforest Adventures, on the Caribbean side ofもっと詳しく
Rainforest Butterflies and Orchids
2017年9月30日, コスタリカ ⋅ ⛅ 81 °F
We had a great lunch in a beautiful restaurant with a roof but no walls. Then our guide took us through a butterfly enclosure, showed us frogs, snakes, and a collection of orchids, from large toもっと詳しく
Playas del Coco
2017年10月1日, コスタリカ ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F
We checked out and took a Greyline bus to Playas del Coco (Coco Beach), where we’d planned to stay in another timeshare for a week. It was a long bus ride, about 5 hours. The scenery was beautiful,もっと詳しく
Playas del Coco
2017年10月2日, コスタリカ ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F
Dean and I went to a timeshare presentation (why, I don’t know, except we thought, “Oh well, it’s worth it for a free breakfast”), but it wasn’t worth it! However we did receive a $50もっと詳しく
Liberia Costa Rica
2017年10月3日, コスタリカ ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F
We picked up the rental car and drove to Liberia for groceries. Dean had trouble with the brakes, so we got a different one.
It’s still raining. I am re-reading a book because I don’t haveもっと詳しく
Storm: No power or water!
2017年10月4日, コスタリカ ⋅ 🌫 75 °F
It rained all night and the electricity went off around 3 a.m. We attempted to go for a drive, but couldn’t due to the river of water running down the street. The grocery store was open, so we wentもっと詳しく
Playa Hermosa
2017年10月5日, コスタリカ ⋅ 🌫 73 °F
We found out that the deluge of rain was a result of Tropical Storm Nate. We tried to drive somewhere to see the damage, but we didn’t get far. The River Tempisque on the way to the airport is veryもっと詳しく







































































































