Costa Rica 2011

P1090575 First day hike to the Poas Volcano.  It was foggy so we couldn’t see into the crater but a cool hike.  We stopped at a fun tour of a coffee plantation on our way back…someone worked there that sort of looked like Trent…..

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Copy of P1090736  Cheap transportation and safe too? 

Copy of P1090728Banana Plantation.  It  was really cool to see how bananas arrive at our Central Market .

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P1090655 We got to our lodge in the Tortuguero National Park by boat, it was a 2 hr. boat ride up river and we had a wonderful time at this resort deep in the Rain Forest.  We didn’t get rained on which was actually quite unusual in this part of the world.  

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P1090696Yup… it was a blast zip-lining thru the jungle with monkeys everywhere…it was unreal!!

P1090770 A quick stop in Nicaragua just for pictures, on our river cruise.

P1090682The rain forests were full of unusually large trees, flower’s and we saw lots of birds & critters

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P1090792 Trent, Lance and Troy found a ‘Nachoooooooooooo cart” sitting in front of an Immigration office and were about to take it for a spin until a truck full of police officer’s pulled up and gave them a “don’t even think about it” sort of look. 

P1090834 Suspension bridges in the rain forest.

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P1090878 This bug was as long as Trent’s hand and was luckily outside our hotel room in the hallway and not INSIDE my room….

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P1090881  We spent a few days on the Pacific coast, it was beautiful. 

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P1090621The blue butterfly is a symbol of Costa Rica and if you see one in the rain forest it is supposed to bring you good luck!

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P1090951Waiting for the bus downtown San Jose…looks like a long wait.

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P1090956 Lance and Laura

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4 comments:

Jennifer M said...

What a fun look at your trip! You're such adventurers!

Brit and Zane said...

looks like a fabulous trip. I love the joy in Trent's face at the mention of the Nacho cart. My dad would have loved it.

~Amber jo~ said...

It looked beautiful and so fun, but that huge bug/beetle thing just creeped me out!! how gross is that?!

pattio's place said...

Costa Rica here I come. Wait, not with those HUGE insects. Looks like a lot of fun!! But I can't tell the difference between the monkeys and trent.