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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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The Museum of Gold

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 sun came jumping up this morning, as it does every morning down here. At … Continue reading

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Hanging out in San José

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. At breakfast this morning, I committed my first faux pas. When the waitress came around … Continue reading

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The End of the World?

News item: The Earth has had two near-misses with large asteroids already this month. Add to this the idea that the Mayans predicted the world will end on 21 December 2012 when a “planet” strikes the Earth, and, well, why … Continue reading

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Feeble Minded.

Due to a recent restructuring of management where I work, I’ve had to move to a new cubicle in another building.  It’s an old building, but it’s been nicely restored and modernized on the inside. CVH’s mother came up for … Continue reading

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