Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Our 5am early start began with a 90 minute boat ride then 3 hours of nature with our guide Rolando. On arrival at Corcodova I took a photo of my nice clean hiking boots anticipating that they would never look this new again, and I was right. Over the course of 3 hours we saw…
Sea sickness and sharks at Drake Bay
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Monday was another early start and in no time we were on a little prop plane to Drake Bay on the Osa Peninsula. We’ve been to rain forests before but none as remote or rainy as this. The drive from the landing strip to the guest house was an adventure in itself; piled into the…
Howler monkey wake-up call
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute I was woken at 5am by a very different dawn chorus than I am used to…howler monkeys. What a fantastic noise! We had some time to kill before joining up with today’s rafting group so we went for another rain forest hike and swam in a different waterfall than yesterday before rafting back to civilization…
Why did the sloth cross the road?
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes The first 48 hours in Costa Rica have been BRILLIANT! White water rafting on the Pacuare River was SO good. The river is recognized as one of the top 5 most beautiful raft-able rivers in the world (National Geographic Magazine) and I see why it would earn that status. Our rafting company Rio Tropicales was…