The morning began slowly, with me out of bed at 5:00 and checking e-mail and reading until Molly awoke around 8:00. An hour later we went downstairs to the garden lobby for coffee and a big plate of fruit: nanners, papaya, pineapple and watermelon. Then it was off to the ATM for Molly to get cash. We passed by the Flip Flop Restaurante and I took this picture for KT. It was then to a […]
Read moreMonth: September 2016
Agoutis
Now Molly and I are ensconced in our latest accommodation: the Hotel Pura Vida, a very nice budget room with two beds, more than enough floor space for our suitcases, and a little wrap-around porch — and hot water in the shower! After we settled in, we went to lunch at a nice but pricy restaurant (Costa Rica is quite expensive) and then decided to take a taxi over to the Finca La Isla botanical […]
Read moreAlone in the Jungle
I’m sitting in the dark in a treehouse 80 feet in the air in the middle of the jungle in the Gandoca Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge. Lightning is flashing on the distant horizon over the Caribbean and there’s the low rumble of thunder. There’s not a speck of light in any direction. Bats are whizzing by in the high canopy and a three-inch spider sits on the awning overhead. Molly and I are the only souls […]
Read moreCalypso
After taking a shower to wash off salt water, sunscreen and evil bug repellent last night, I fell into bed at 8:30, waking up this morning at ten minutes to howler monkey (4:50). Killed time reading till Molly awoke about 8:00. We walked into the village of Cahuita one last time, for a breakfast of heuvos fritos (for me) and cinnamon-lime crepe (for Molly), then checked out of our hotel, unfortunately being required to pay […]
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