Day 1, Arrival San Jose, Costa Rica
2017年12月22日, コスタリカ ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
It was a long day with not much happening. The five of us, Mom, TJ, Vienne, Tommy and I left the house at 2am for the Detroit airport. Theres a picture of our parking ramp area so I don't forget whereもっと詳しく
Day 2
2017年12月23日, コスタリカ ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
Animal rescue, zooave
We are about 10 degrees North of Equator in tropic of cancer. Costa Rica is smaller than Lake Michigan.
Today is 98 degrees, just past summer solstice so sun is directly aboveもっと詳しく
Day2 cont
2017年12月23日, コスタリカ ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
Animal rescue, zooave
A sloth! But not very close. And yes, that spider is real, not an exhibit *shivers*
We are about 10 degrees North of Equator in tropic of cancer. Costa Rica is smaller than Lakeもっと詳しく
Day 2, Doka Coffee Plantation
2017年12月23日, コスタリカ ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F
Doka coffee tour.
Seedlings sprout after 2 months. They are called "little soldiers" because they have a bean on top that looks like a helmet. After 1 year they are planted and after 4 years you canもっと詳しく
Day 2 cont, coffee plantation
2017年12月23日, コスタリカ ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F
The coffee fruit is removed and used for compost. There are 1 to 3 beans in each fruit. If there is only 1 bean in a pod it is called a peaberry. For the peaberry, all the genetic flavor profilesもっと詳しく
Day 2, Zarcero
2017年12月23日, コスタリカ ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
We stopped in a small town in the mountains called Zarcero. The town is named after the Sassparilla root that is grown and exported for root beer.
There is a beautiful church here and famousもっと詳しく
Day 3, River Cruise
2017年12月24日, コスタリカ ⋅ ☀️ 88 °F
Stopping in Los Chiles near border of Nicaragua for a boat trip on the Rio Frio. We can cross over the border without papers, but can't go far.
Saw a beautiful kingfisher bird, lots of snakeもっと詳しく
Day 4, River Cruise cont
2017年12月24日, ニカラグア ⋅ ☀️ 88 °F
Further up the river here is Nicaragua. Tommy got a text from Verizon welcoming him to another country. Had to log it here also, just to make it official!! We didn't travel as far as this map says,もっと詳しく
Day 3, Arenal Hot Springs
2017年12月24日, コスタリカ ⋅ ☀️ 88 °F
In Fortuna, under the view of the Arenal volcano, we visited the Baldi hotel and spa. Different level pools run down the mountain. The hottest water comes from the top "waterfall" and cools as itもっと詳しく
Day 4, Hanging Bridges
2017年12月25日, コスタリカ ⋅ 🌙 -2 °F
We visited the Mistico hanging bridges park and spent 2 hours hiking through the rainforest and crossing high over the forest floor. The first bridge was scary, but after that I was mostly worried Iもっと詳しく
Day 4, Hanging Bridges cont
2017年12月25日, コスタリカ ⋅ ☁️ 66 °F
We saw a sloth, parrots, and a poisonous eyelash viper!! They are small, but deadly!
Day 4, Turtle Park
2017年12月25日, コスタリカ ⋅ ☀️ 88 °F
We visited a center that is working to protect the leatherback turtles. The Caravan tour operation donates a portion of our costs to support these research and conservation efforts.
The 2 researchersもっと詳しく
Day 5, JW Marriott, Guanacaste
2017年12月26日, コスタリカ ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F
Today was all about relaxing! We have had amazing buffet meals, swimming in a beautiful pool, a massage (so needed that!), and scouring tide pools for critters.
Infinity pool, driftwood, sunrise,もっと詳しく
Day 6, morning
2017年12月27日, コスタリカ ⋅ ☁️ 39 °F
Say goodbye to Marriott Resort. I won't miss those giant grasshoppers. They were 8 inches long and flew all over the place, Ewww!!
Day 6, ice cream and crocodiles
2017年12月27日, コスタリカ ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F
Stopped for ice cream at Monteverde Cooperative (first pic) founded by American Quakers. Left behind one of the teens from our bus. We didn't even go back to get him!!
Don't worry, another bus withもっと詳しく
Day 6/7, San Bada hotel
2017年12月28日, コスタリカ ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
There was a rooftop bar that we relaxed at while watching the most amazing sunset! We were told we might get some good sightings of birds in the morning so we went back early. Instead of birds we hadもっと詳しく
Linda Kohl
Did the monkeys "attack" you on the beach? they did when we were there. Maybe that's why you hung bags in the trees earlier.
Day 7, Manuel Antonio National Park
2017年12月28日, コスタリカ ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
An early morning hike through the rainforest to 2 of the most beautiful beaches complete with more Capuchins!
Day 7, Manuel Antonio - Beach 2
2017年12月28日, コスタリカ ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F
The other side of the peninsula had calmer waves, but my poor mom still got rolled in the sand by them! She wasn't even knee deep, but she couldn't get back up!
Also, a pic of the hotel "lifeguard".もっと詳しく
Day 7, Aerial Tram
2017年12月28日, コスタリカ ⋅ 🌙 63 °F
I'm not exectly sure where the tram was located, but it was a relaxing ride in a ski-lift type gondola through the forest canopy. Our guide was not very happy with the two adult children (husbands)もっと詳しく
Day 8, goodbye
2017年12月28日, コスタリカ ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
Just a little shout-out to all the friends and families we met on this trip. You were all terrific! Thanks to Clarence, our guide, and Lolly, the best driver I have ever seen! The 28th was hisもっと詳しく
Sloth sightings
2017年12月29日, コスタリカ ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F
In honor of my running group..
Team Sloth
We'll get there when we get there!
Linda KohlWhat a wonderful idea on how to find your car days later. Hope the weather is great. Say hi to your mom; I miss her. Now, if only you'd post more pictures :(
Linda KohlDecided to re-post this after I read your LV response:
Linda KohlOH, I get it. You're going to do what I did. I don't blame you waiting til the trip is over to post. I needed 3 weeks after the trip to get my act together. And, besides, who wants to take time away from the vacay to write up notes instead of enjoying yourself.
旅行者Love the pic from the plane! Miss you!