Travel

We woke up, ate breakfast, and gathered our things, but before we had finished packing, we were interrupted by a troop of howler monkeys climbing… Read More »Leaving Samara; Driving to Alajuela

Unfortunately it has been a little more than a week that I am coming back now and finishing this up, so my recollection is fading,… Read More »Last Night In Samara

After lunch (and the rain) we headed down to the beach. The tide was low so the water was aways out. Karen shlepped into town… Read More »Playa Samara Beach Time

We awoke to rain… steady, constant, unending rain. It was actually quite nice as we had no plans at all for the day. We had… Read More »Samara Day Three, and rain… lots and lots of rain.

The Island turned out to be even cooler than I could have thought and we had it all to ourselves. The first thing to notice… Read More »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

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