Kayak to Isla Chorta
As we walked to the tour office, Mother Nature decided to give us a shower. Since were were going kayaking, we could not have been… Read More »Kayak to Isla Chorta
Posts from our vacation to Costa Rica in the Summer of 2013. We visited La Fortuna (Arenal Volcano), Monteverde (Cloud Forest), and Playa Samara (Nicoya Peninsula).
As we walked to the tour office, Mother Nature decided to give us a shower. Since were were going kayaking, we could not have been… Read More »Kayak to Isla Chorta
I decided to make eggs, ham, and bacon for the family for breakfast… unfortunately the pans we were provided were not conducive to creating a… Read More »First Day in Samara, Part 1
We arrived around 2:30 in the afternoon, which was the earliest we had managed to arrive at any of our hotels. That is when we… Read More »Samara – First Night
Leaving Monteverde was better than arriving, not because the asphalt elves had magically paved the road, but because I knew what to expect. We drove… Read More »The drive from Monteverde to Samara
After our adventure in the cloud forest, we returned to our hotel where we relaxed a little bit. The boys ran out to the playground… Read More »Good Food, Good Wine
After the zip-lining, I was experiencing what I called an adrenaline hang-over. Of course the entire time start to finish was more than two hours… Read More »Suspension Bridge Hike in Monteverde Cloud Forest
I don’t know how much can be put into words about this experience… I have some video I will post when I am able, and… Read More »Zip-Lining through the Monteverde Cloud Forest
The hotel was cute, and it had a little grass area and a play structure which was GRRRRREAT for the boys. They went out and… Read More »First Night in Moteverde
After Toad Hall, the drive started out pleasant enough. Karen even managed to get our first Howler Monkey sighting, “Monkey, monkey! Stop!” she shouted. I… Read More »The Drive to Monteverde
We had our last breakfast and said goodbye to the sloth (that we had nicknamed Mr. Itchy). We climbed in the car and began the… Read More »La Fortuna to Toad Hall