Monthly Archives: December 2012

Wild Kingdom

This is one of a series of posts on our 2012 trip to Costa Rica. If you like, you can start with the first post. We had an interesting experience last night. I was sitting and reading on the balcony … Continue reading

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Resort life

This is one of a series of posts on our 2012 trip to Costa Rica. If you like, you can start with the first post. Christmas day, and we wake up in our fancy (that is, American-style) Pacific resort. The … Continue reading

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Cloud forest

This is one of a series of posts on our 2012 trip to Costa Rica. If you like, you can start with the first post. The weather never did clear over Arenal, so although we saw a lot of it, … Continue reading

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My wife, the illegal alien

This is one of a series of posts on our 2012 trip to Costa Rica. If you like, you can start with the first post. Now we’re staying at the base of the Arenal volcano, Costa Rica’s biggest and most … Continue reading

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Poison frogs and fruitcakes

This is one of a series of posts on our 2012 trip to Costa Rica. If you like, you can start with the first post. Today we head back west on our journey to the Pacific coast.  Before we leave … Continue reading

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Welcome to the jungle

This is one of a series of posts on our 2012 trip to Costa Rica. If you like, you can start with the first post. Well, here it is the 21st.  At the beginning of the tour, José, our guide, … Continue reading

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Into the rain forest

This is one of a series of posts on our 2012 trip to Costa Rica. If you like, you can start with the first post. Now we headed off to the rain forest, on the Caribbean coast.  We would be … Continue reading

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Butterflies and bananas

This is one of a series of posts on our 2012 trip to Costa Rica. If you like, you can start with the first post. Today we head east toward the Caribbean coast and the rain forest jungle.  We passed … Continue reading

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Coffee. Coffeeeeee.

This is one of a series of posts on our 2012 trip to Costa Rica. If you like, you can start with the first post. On the way down from Vulcán Poás, we passed one of many “Cave Canem” signs … Continue reading

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Volcano.

This is one of a series of posts on our 2012 trip to Costa Rica. If you like, you can start with the first post. Today we joined our group tour for the first day of an extensive journey around … Continue reading

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