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 same one as our first […]
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 cash point , which was […]
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 a contrast to yesterday! Our […]
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 breakfast overlooking the sea and […]
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 currently studying at the Complutense […]
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 set us up for the […]
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 sure whether it was all […]
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 a good view of the […]
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 it could not have been […]
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 transfer day, so at nine […]