Costa Rica: Last Day
Funny – I ended the last post with our drive, but now we’re still driving! Despite the paved roads, it was slow going for a bit because Yen was taking…
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Costa Rica: Monteverde
When you saw us last, we were leaving La Fortuna and heading up to the cloud forest. But it was a long journey and we really needed sustenance. There weren’t…
Costa Rica: La Paz and La Fortuna
I was pretty nervous when we got on the plane headed to Panama. No, not a secret fear of flying (although I do have that). This was terror because it…
Costa Rica: May 23, San Jose
We got into San Jose in the evening and followed the guidebook’s recommendation of a little Argentinean place for dinner. Terrific steak and a nice house wine. I wasn’t very…
Costa Rica: Saturday & Sunday: Monteverde
More good hotel luck: Hotel Montaña. Here’s the view from the little patio off our room (yes, we threw bits of granola bar onto it trying to attract birds). We…
Costa Rica: Friday, May 20: Caño Negro and a Long Drive to Monteverde
Next morning after coffee and iguanas, we hit the road for Caño Negro, a wildlife refuge near the Nicaragua border. The drive there took us through plantations of pineapple, papaya,…
Costa Rica: Thursday, May 19 (Arenal)
We had what seemed like a fairly long drive from Poaz to our next stop, the Arenal area. The road wound through hills and towns of varying sizes, but the…
Costa Rica: Wednesday, May 18 (Poaz, La Paz Waterfall Gardens)
We got up Wednesday morning, ate unenhanced oatmeal at Denny’s (reminding ourselves that everyone told us we weren’t going to CR for the food), and headed north-by-northwest toward Poaz, a…
Costa Rica: Tuesday, May 17
Here’s how this happened: A few weeks ago, Yen had dinner with a friend who has been studying in Venice. That was finishing up at the end of May, and…