view from casa 69. San Jose, CR
view from Casa 69. San Jose, CR
First Costa Rican sunburn. This actually did not hurt.
Arenal volcano. View from El Volcan hotel.
The lovely bed sheets at El Volcan hotel. This place was so hot we felt like we were sleeping in the volcano.
Tucking Don in at El Volcan.
Moo cow on the side of the road in Arenal. All the animals in CR are so much leaner.
Lake Arenal.
Driving to the Pacific.
Small town outside of Arenal.
Le chauffer Clark.
Windmills on a ridge outside of Arenal.
This is actually the Panamerican Highway. I expected there at least to be lines and maybe 4 lanes....
Potrero Beach.
Candler at Potrero Beach.
Me at Potrero.
Candler at Potrero.
View from at ridge at Flamingo Beach.
Candler, Donald Cranson Clark Jr, and I at Flamingo Beach.
Candler on ridge at Flamingo.
Me at Flamingo.
Candler at Flamingo.
My bug bites. I now have Amy Winehouse legs.
Toofless.
Pescado Loco in Playa Hermosa.
Playa Hermosa.
Don, Don, Don of the jungle.
Hermosa.
Ceviche stand on the beach in Hermosa.
Don and I in Hermosa.
Candler the shark.
Don's beach feet.
Don and Berto.
Berto in Hermosa.
Hermosa boats.
View from my shady sitting area in Hermosa.
Large piece of drift wood on Hermosa Beach.
Candler at Hermosa.
Berto's corona commercial in Hermosa.
The pool at our condo.
Road leading to the beach near our condo.
Playas del Coco.
Playas del Coco. This definately is not the nicest beach in the area.
Boats at sea in El Coco.
Tree in the middle of town. There are ususally monkeys in the tree, but the day I actually brought my camera there were none.
Freckles.
Road to our condo.
Apparently this is a school...yes, that is barbed wire.
They like to put barbed wire around everything here...in addition to the bars on the windows and doors.
El Coco.
Mmmm chickens.
Our living room.
Kitchen area.
Candler's bathroom.
Our bedroom.
Our bathroom.
Candler's bedroom. Fully equipped with purple butterfly sheets.
Don and I in Arenal.
This is a REAL A-Team van. The owner was a huge A-Team fan and bought one of the vans used on the set. Apparently there were many.
This is the area we swim at in Playa del Coco.
Don sculpting his sand lady.
A nicer area of Playa del Coco.
Don and random dog that adopted us for an hour.
This dog found us at the beach and played with Candler in the ocean.
Dog curiously approaching a pelican on the beach.
First the pelican attacked the dog. It then turn towards Candler and I and charged us.
The infamous pelican.
La Vida Loca. This is a restaurant/bar in Coco that we hang out at.
La Vida Loca.
View of a sunset from La Vida Loca.
Candler's friend John and the iguana he caught. John is Jimbo's son (the owner of La Vida Loca).
The iguana and I.
Tico housing.
We turned a corner, and there was this.
Cattle herd.
Men hurding cattle down the street.
Sheep running back to the herd.
Sheep crossing the street.
Tico housing near Rincon de la Vieja.
View near Rincon de la Vieja.
Don with the police that pulled us over. Ask, it's a good story.
Candler on horse at Rincon de la Vieja.
Waterfalls at Rincon de la Vieja National Park.
Don jumping off a waterfall in Rincon de la Vieja. I jumped off too, only we didn't get a picture. There is video though!
Typical Tico housing.
A "house" near the San Jose airport.
Some housing outside of the San Jose airport.
Don wearing Candler's clothes again.
Costa Rican squirrels look funny.
This squirrel wanted to cut me.
Don and his mommy dearest.
Candler, Chester, and Grandma.
Don and his Chester 'stache.
Bridge to La Vida Loca.
Buddha and I.
"The Indian Jones Bridge", as Candler calls it, to La Vida Loca.
Candler and Don on the boat.
Me at sea.
Monkey head island. Named that because the island looks like a gorilla's head.
Monkey head island.
View of Papagayo Gulf.
Our private beach for about 30 minutes.
Island we snorkled around in Papagayo Gulf.
Island in Papagayo Gulf.
Don and his mum.
Candler and Herman.
Candler's country club do.
Candler's Coppertone ad.
Skipper.
Don and I on boat.
Candler and Herman the hermit crab.
Candler on boat.
Don and the 'stache at sea.
Skipper Don and the Capt'n.
Dinner on the sunset cruise.
Papagayo sunset.
Me on the boat.
Papagayo sunset
Our Samara digs.
Samara pool.
Samara living room.
Samara kitchen.
Our bathroom in Samara.
Candler's bedroom, Samara.
Candler's bathroom, Samara.
Our bedroom, Samara.
I had a blister on each foot like this from walking in the wrong shoes.
Our road turned into a river on our way to Montezuma.
We saw these bulls fighting on our drive from Montezuma to Samara.
Bull fight!
Candler, Samara.
Don, Samara.
Samara beach.
Me learning to surf.
Me falling from the surf board.
And I'm up!
Learning to surf.
Post surfing, banana daiquiri.
Ox parade on Samara beach.
Close up of ox cart.
Candler in hammock with Samara dog.
Horse in soccer field.
Yes, tell me more, wise old man.
Horses crossing the street in Samara.
Horses in street in Samara.
Horses grazing near ocean in Samara.
Samara.
Donaldus.
Horse on beach at night in Samara.
Candler and I.
Candler chillaxing.
Tan laaady.
Asleep.
Fresh pineapple, banana, and coconut rum.
Candler doing his best Al Bundy.
View near Monteverde.
View from somewhere near Monteverde.
Costa Rica, but looks like Ireland to me.
Humming birds.
Arenal Volcano...picture is taken from our hotel pool.
Joy and the volcano.
Lake Arenal sunset.
Sunset at Lake Arenal.
Police check point.
Police checkpoint.
Chili Rojo.
What's coming out of Candler's nose?
Shhhh, sleeping sloths.
Nap time.
Sloth in the wild.
Our guide at the sloth rescue brought me flowers.
Millie.
Yawn.
Millie getting her belly rubbed by Candler.
Candler and Millie.
Millie's tounge.
Toyota...he has only one arm. He was electrocuted and they had to amputate.
Head in the food bowl.
Up close.
Claw sucking.
Dinner.
Baby sloths. The one with its mouth open was actually crying.
Baby sloth.
Baby exercise.
Pile o babies.
Cahuita.
Crazy eyes.
Vinnie Van GoGo.
Seaweed 'stache.
Seaweed beard.
Talking parrot in Cahuita.
A boat we saw in Manzanillo.
Banana man in the rain in Puerto Viejo.
Banana pancakes from Chili Rojo.
French toast and Nutella from Chili Rojo.
Sloth after the rain at Cahuita National Park.
Sloth in Cahuita.
Don and Candler in Cahuita park.
Candler and I in Cahuita park.
Our walk through the jungle in Cahuita park.
Candler in Cahuita park.
Capuchin monkey in Cahuita park.
Beach in Cahuita park.
Playa Cocles.
Sand creature.
Puerto Viejo.
Bikes for rent in Puerto Viejo.
The worm bite specialists in Puerto Viejo.
Old barge that is now part of the beach in Puerto Viejo.
Playa Negra.
Painted palms on the road between Limon and Puerto Viejo.
Giant barge coming into the port at Limon.
Limon port. This is Costa Rica's main port.
Limon.
The library in Limon.
An above ground cemetary in Limon.
One of the many storage yards for shipping containers that come into Limon.
Wreck we got stuck behind leaving Puerto Viejo.
Bathroom in Manuel Antonio.
Bedroom in Manuel Antonio.
Living room in Manuel Antonio.
Candler's sleeping area/breakfast area in Manuel Antonio. This room also had an amazing view of the ocean.
Fruits.
Kitchen in Manuel Antonio.
View from our condo in Manuel Antonio.
There is a bar in this old airplane. Manuel Antonio.
Bamboo in Manuel Antonio park.
Manuel Antonio beach.
Candler in Manuel Antonio.
Jungle hike in Manuel Antonio park.
View from a lookout in Manuel Antonio park.
View from our hike in Manuel Antonio.
Candler at the top of our hike in Manuel Antonio.
Don at the top of our hike in Manuel Antonio park.
View from our hike in Manuel Antonio park.
Titi monkey outside of Manuel Antonio park.
Don and Candler waiting during my xray.
Costa Rican Xray.
Me after my butt xray.
Swings at Taco Bar in Jaco.
Man holding a HUGE iguana in Jaco. It apparently drown...when he walked up, I totally thought it was alive.
The HUGE dead iguana.
Recycling in Jaco...more like trash in the recycling bins.
