Costa Rica |
| Christy and I journeyed to Costa Rica on June 2nd,
1999 and spent seven exciting days exploring this beautiful country. Using the
San Jose Marriott
as our home base we first went to the Arenas volcano area in the north and stayed at the El Tucano resort.
Volcano explosions, thermal swimming pools, a jungle river cruise on the Cano Negro
near the Nicaraguan border plus time to just sit and read. Then back to San Jose for
the night and a flight across the country to the Jungle Lodge. The Jungle Lodge is located
a couple miles up a canal from the small village of Tortuguero on the Caribbean coast.
We had a great trek through the jungle. I've been fortunate to have
seen a good part of the world in the past but walking through a real jungle with monkeys
swinging through the trees and sounds neither Christy or I wanted to know the source of
was a fascinating experience. Several boat cruises back into the many jungle canals
and a late night trek on the beach to find the giant sea turtles and we were ready to head
home. Other than some clothes that had to be burned we arrived home no worse for
wear. Christy's ready to head to Vanderbilt in August and I'm ready to stay cool and
dry for awhile! Our special thanks to our new friends, Keko (TI5KD) and Sophia and their beautiful children, Fabiana and Adrian. We visited them two nights and enjoyed their wonderful hospitiality. Click here to see the TI5/W0TM log. What a wonderful and beautiful country with the friendliest of people! We're ready to go again! Click here for Costa Rican tourism information to plan a trip yourself! |
