Day 1 - December 4, 2002 Flight from Denver, to Miami, to San Jose, Costa Rica We got up at 5:15 and were out of the house by 6:01. We drove the Dodge van to Denver, Craig and Lucinda’s house, where we met Dave and Sue Pettygrew. We all got in their Chevy Suburban, went out Quebec and then took E-470 to the airport. We parked at Pikes Peak and took the shuttle to the airport. We ...
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Day 2 - December 5, 2002 - San Jose to Tortuguero and Mawamba Lodge My watch alarm went off at 5:25 and we got up. We were supposed to get a wake-up call at 5:30 but it did not come till 5:45. We were out of the room at 6:05 after a shower and shave. We had a cup of Costa Rican coffee and it was black and good. Our transportation was to be there at 6:10 but did not show until ...
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Day 3 - December 6, 2002 - Tortuguero and Mawamba Lodge, Tortuguero National Park We got up at 5:15 and by 5:50 we were by the boats in the lagoon. All of us were ready to go to Tortuguero National Park. We were split up into two groups, one with 9 and another with 8. We went to “ticket window” by boat and Jorge got out and made the payment. He got back in our boat and we were off ...
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Day 4 - December 7, 2002 - Tortuguero to San Jose, Arenal Volcano Lodge We got up at 5:15 and got packed and out of the room by 5:55. We took or baggage to the front desk and then went to the restaurant for a quick continental breakfast. We went to the front and met the rest of our group as we got on the boat to take us to the airport. We floated over and landed on an embankment ...
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DAY 5 - DECEMBER 8, 2002 - Arenal Volcano, La Fortuna, Arenal Observatory Lodge We got up at 6:30 and were at breakfast overlooking the Arenal Volcano at 7:30. It was a buffet with eggs, pancakes, sausage, bacon, toast, cheese and Gallo Pico. We took a short trip in the van to the base of the lava flow in the Arenal National Park. We had to cross a swift river - stepping on ...
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DAY 6 - DECEMBER 9, 2002 - Arenal, Pan American Highway, Carara National Park, Villa Lapas We woke up several times during the night to the rumbles of the volcano. It sounds like several thunderstorms and they are very short or go on for some time. The one at 5 AM was long and got me up and looking out our picture window to look if we could see the rocks coming down the slopes. ...
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DAY 7 - DECEMBER 10, 2002 - Manuel Antonio National Park, Jaco, Villa Lapas We were up at 6:15, showered and were out the door at 6:45 and took some pictures of the hotel and the grounds. The rest of the group came in at 7 AM and we had a leisurely breakfast with Harry. We left at 7:45 to go to Manuel Antonio by way of the coastal highway going south. We passed palm plantations ...
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DAY 8 - DECEMBER 11, 2002 - Pan American Highway, Punta Arenas, Monteverde, Hotel Fonda Vela We had to have luggage out by 7:30 so we were up by 6:45 and eating breakfast by 7:45. We were supposed to leave by 8 but did not get away until 8:20. We went back north along the coastal highway toward Punta Arenas. Even though we were far away from the beach, we still had glimpses of ...
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DAY 9 - DECEMBER 12, 2002 - Sky Trek, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Bosque Nuboso, Hotel Fonda Vela It was a great night sleeping with the windows open and hearing the wind blow and the water fountain outside bubbling. We got up at 6:45 to a sunny but windy day. The wind would die down and be a great day at the hotel. We had breakfast at 7:30 and then met Harry at 8:30 by our lodge. ...
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DAY 10 - DECEMBER 13 & 14, 2002 - Monteverde, San Jose, Milvia Hotel, Flight to the USA We got up early, had breakfast and coffee, checked out and were driven by Harry to San Jose. On the way back we stopped for lunch and most of us had hamburgers again. We returned to the Milvia Hotel and Harry left us. The Cropseys and Petticrew went shopping, Gennie and I did the internet ...
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Wildlife and Animals of Costa Rica
Agouti (Guatusa) (Forest Guinea Pig) Anteater, Collared (Tamandua) Ants, Leaf Cutter Bat, Long Nosed Bird, Great Frigate Birds, Anhinga Snake Fishing Boas, - several Buffalo, Water Butterfly, Blue Morpho Butterfly, Owl Caracar, Yellow Headed Cayman, Spectacled Centipede Coati, White Nosed Collard Red Start Creeper, Green ...
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