2013
A family trip to Costa Rica.
15th-16th August, The Journey Home
I think we got up for a walk, got a taxi back to San Jose. We saw a sloth in a tree, just outside reception and the driver also stopped on the way to show us the parrots, seen above. We went back to the steak restaurant that night; the
14th August, What happened
Our last day , before starting the long journey back to the UK. I remember the surf lesson. Not the best, probably the worst set of surfboards I have ever used and also we had to pay cash and I think Sue had to go and get it from a
13th August, Manuel Antonio National Park
Today we had an early start for the National Park tour in Manuel Antonio. Dave and I went for a stroll on the beach at six, which was gorgeous. We then all headed off at eight and got to the park along with rather a lot of other tourists – quite
12th August, Manuel Antonio Mangrove Swamps
Dave got up at six to go and take photos, but I slept on as I had been kept awake quite a lot by the driving rain. By morning, there was sunshine and blue sky. I strolled down to the beach, it was almost deserted and looked amazing. We had
11th August, transfer to Manuel Antonio
Today was a transfer day and we set off at 8.15 in a small tourist bus, for the four hour transfer to Manuel Antonio. The first hour, as promised!, was along rough roads full of potholes. The bus was quite full and I sat next to a canarian biochemistry postgrad
10th August , bungee and super man
Today we had another easy start, with our pick up not until 10.20. The breakfast had been so good yesterday, that Ben decided to forgo the chance of a lie in so as not to miss it. Freshly cooked pancakes and freshly made omelettes with our own choice of fillings
9th August, zip wires in the cloud forest
We got up for a leisurely breakfast , freshly cooked omelettes and pancakes. The rooms have lights outside on the balcony, it looked like someone had pebble dashed the wall next to the light with moths. The pick up for the day’s activity was at 10:20 , and we were still not quite
8th August, transfer to Monteverde
Got up and packed followed by fresh omelette for breakfast. Packed bus ride with lots of backpackers to the boat on Arenal lake , for the ride across it ready to be picked up for the journey up to Monteverde! Sue: the trip across the lake was very relaxing, with
7th August, Arenal
Sue and I got up and had breakfast. , hi-light was freshly made omelette. We let theboys sleep in as we had a free morning. We then set off To the waterfall at La Fortuna. This was a 2km hike straight up a bloody big hill. Sue did well as
6th August, Transfer to Arenal
Dave and I got up early to search for monkeys. We saw one sneak into the restaurant and grab two sachets of sugar. He then sat very close to us, ceremoniously ripping open the sachets and gobbling the contents, all of which Dave captured on video!https://youtu.be/uxeRveo4DYg Today was a long
5th August, Evergreen Hotel, Tortuguero
After a reasonable night’s sleep amidst the sounds of the rain forest, we got up early, if not bright! , at 5.30 and set off for the six ‘o’ clock boat tour into Tortuguero National Park. After the initial confusion about which boat we should be travelling on, we were lucky
Transfer to Tortuguero
We set off at six 6 our hotel for the transfer to Tortuguero. The boys were pleased to see that the coach was much more luxurious and, because we got on it first, we did not get the seat over the wheel! We stopped for a typical breakfast of tropical
San Jose
Woke up pretty early, to good weather. This is the view from the bedroom window. Had a good breakfast; Sam liked the pancakes, Ben likes pineapple, Sam likes melon. Obviously Ben was quite happy as he agreed to take a photo to celebrate our 22nd anniversary. Good guide up to
Costa Rica – Getting There
Journey up to Heathrow was very smooth , and all the family had access to the lounge. Sam looked especially pleased with this. They both seemed to enjoy the free food and drink, strangely. Priority access to the check in and boarding went extremely well. The plane to Miami was