Costa Rica was absolutely fabulous. I loved it. The beaches were beautiful, the water was a clear green, and the waves were large enough to slam me to the ground. I was once so bowled over from a wave that I received a very nice gash on the back of my head from the rock I hit on the bottom of the ocean. I could see my feet in the water.
We watched a beautiful sunset from Villa Caletas, near Jaco. We went on a zip line through the treetops, hiked three hours down to a waterfall and back (which made me painfully aware of how out of shape I was), wandered for a couple hours through Manuel Antonio Reserve looking in vain for el mono (a monkey), and we lay prostrate in the sun on beautiful beaches.
We saw tucans, coati, fish, a huge sea turtle, green poison arrow frogs, termites, ants, a roach, crabs, iguanas, bats, blue morphos, various other insects, lots of birds, and sloths.
I read three and a half books. I did not get a sunburn, but I do have blisters on my feet.
I tried the local liquor, called Quaro, which is oddly somewhere in between rum and vodka. It is bueno. The food, which involved a lot of fish, was wonderful. The people were very nice.
It was not an expensive trip and we were able to go somewhere fabulous and international with beaches. I think everyone should get up and go. Right meow.
–Jane, rested but not quite ready to face the world
This definitely makes me want to go. Hey, anytime you can get the local liquor, beautiful scenery, and food, it’s all bueno. Best, and keep on blogging.
Green waters? I know you are blind, but I didn’t know you were color blind too. I’ll never ask you for advice on color matching ever again. Those waters were as blue as it gets. Except maybe at deep sea.
Ok, blue green, geez. And for the record, we never agree about what is blue or green. Why should this be any different?