[We didn't take many photos on the way home, so these are from the hike too.]
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| Our guide helping us get a better look at the crocodile. |
After the boat dropped us ashore, we watched the same boats being loaded with mattresses piled high, on their way to the eco lodges. Then, we headed up the road for ice cream and to wait for our lift back to the hostel. We spent the rest of the day playing crib, eating delicious spaghetti (the sauce made from their own vegetables!), and reading in the hammocks and getting some sleep before heading home.
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| The Fer-De-Lance!! |
We had to take a bit of a detour on the way home as we had to go to San Jose to pick up our Costa Rica license plates for our car. We traveled through the Southern Mountains. The temperature quickly dropped from 31 to 10 degrees! The roads were steep, windy and had lots of switchbacks and they and the scenery reminded me of Guatemala and there were even pine trees which reminded me of Canada. Along the way, we bought some local strawberries from someone at the side of the road. We dipped down into San Jose but didn't stay long as we were wanting to get back home that night. We decided to stop in Nicoya for some pizza and arrived just in time for their tope! A tope is a horse parade and several of them happen all over the country this time of year. We observed some dancing horses with their singing cowboys and cowgirls. We played at the park and ate pizza which was delicious but I couldn't eat that much because of my very loose tooth which came out later that night (Jiri lost a tooth on this trip too!)
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| The boat being loaded up with mattresses. |
We returned home just before Maddy and Jiri who were a little later because Maddy had a recurrence of his ear infection and had to go to the clinic. While we were away, it seems like a giant redwinged grasshopper and catydid had made themselves at home in our living room. We escorted them out with our bug catcher. The trip was long but it was so AWESOME. I hope to live on the Osa Peninsula someday, as a conservationist and photographer. It is the most amazing place.
What a terrific recounting of your travels, Sam! I loved the part about Maeve getting wet TWICE - it made me laugh out loud. She is really good humoured; I bet she laughed at herself.
ReplyDeleteYou write so vividly about the peninsula and the boat rides. I wonder if you will indeed live there for part of your life - or somewhere equally bio-dynamic and beautiful.
I would like to see a tope; I bet it was colourful and impressive. Were you able to take any pictures? Do you think your family could do a slideshow night for us (and other friends) when you are back in Canada? You are having so many adventures and in such a gorgeous place.
Hugs to everyone! Jo