Welcome to Costa Rica. Where's Johnny Depp (Edward Scissorhands Park)
Volcano!
Arenal Volcano National Park
Erupting all day and all nite
Huge explosions and red lava pouring down at night
Proyecto Assist Animal Rescue Center
Fun with kinkachoos
Benjamin the kinkachoo
kinkachoos are cool
Roaming the rivers near La Fortuna
Spider Monkeys!
Which one is the monkey?
Making tortillas from scratch in the kitchen
Tortilla makers
Getting the plates ready for lunch... banana leaf plates
Cool flowers
Workin in the kitchen
Lunchtime for the Cayman
Hanging with the local kids... they live at the Animal Rescue center
Lunch time.. rice, beans, plantains on banana leaf plates
The local bakery
Costa Ricans at a local school we went to help out at
The dudes
Heading into town
Playing musical chairs at a local school
Butterfly-moth thing on our Volcano lodge room wal
Poison dart frog. One touch and its curtains
Arenal Volcano Observatory Lodge
Sloths!
Check out the claws
Climbing up a tree.. veeery sloooow
Going nuts in the river
River rafting Costa Rica class 0.5 rapids
Rafting crew.. Pura Vida
Waiting for the jeep boat jeep transfer to show up
on the boat with the Volcano looming in the background
on the way to Monteverde cloud forest
Frog at our hotel in Monteverde
Arriving in Monteverde
Hmmm... not sure whats happening here
Saddle up for a horseback ride in the clouds
Our lodge in the cloud forest
misty clouds
finding worms off our front porch!
At the bat museum.. learning how bats hear. You could hear a whisper from the other side of the room with these giant ears!
Another rain storm in the rain forest
Independence Day... lantern parade at night
holding boa's at the snake museum
Zip line time!!!
Traversing the jungle
heading over the canopy
much faster than it looks!
Carrie heading out to the next platform
Seamus coming in for a landing
Armadillos at our cabin
Leaving Monteverde for the Nicoya peninsula and Montezuma
The ferry
Arriving near Montezuma
The big city of Montezuma
Time for a coconut
watching the huge Pacific waves
Strolling around town
An igouty... mini capybara thing.. there were dozens around our hotel
Walking the beach
Monkeys!
Monkeys everywhere
Zip line time again.. Seamus couldnt get enough
Surfs up
Ylang Ylang Resort
Nearby waterfall
Checking out the beach
With friends Fernan and Valentin from Chile
Ready to head home from Montezuma
hmm.. .wheres that jet boat?
Oh.. that jet boat. Nice
Arriving somewhere near Jaco on the mainlad
Not one of our high points
After that 2 hour boat trip in the rain.. time for a nap on the way to the airport
Back in California at LAX at midnite!!!