We had a lovely boat ride along the Tortuguero canals and rivers to our next hotel. We had pared our luggage way down — the rest safely stowed in our bus’ belly under the watchful eye of Paulo — as there was limited spare room on the boat. I packed in a glamorous, plastic bag […]

Yes, yes, behind again on the not-so-daily blog. We have been traveling a bit, so time at the computer is limited. We took off in our comfy bus for the province of Limón on the Caribbean side of the country. People napped under the gentle rhythm of Paolo’s expert driving. First, however, we traversed another […]

Still in the Monteverde area, we took off for the Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve. It intrigued us that it was privately owned in part. What did not surprise us is that it attracts many people interested in the bird life in the forest. We saw several magnificent specimens along with quite a number of […]