We are incredibly lucky, because we have so many trips coming up that it is difficult to focus on just one. In a later post, we will get into the twists and turns of planning our Alaska family vacation and I will begin to illuminate you on my trip with my soon-to-be-high-school-graduate niece to ... …
Tag: costa rica
Life Messes With My Vacation Plans
I already mentioned that we are passing on our latest dream vacation: Southeast Asia. Instead, we have decided to jet off somewhere warm the first weeks of February, March, and April. I know what you are thinking: Isn't it warm in April. NO! April is the beginning of the last third of winter here in …
Hotel Costa Verde
After our night at El Toledo Coffee Farm, we headed to Karl's suggested spot: Hotel Costa Verde. We loved it there, it's beautiful and the views are spectacular, but we--of course--did have some quibbles. We loved the fact that there was an adults-only building and swimming pool. Nothing wrong with kids, but I don't really …
So Long, Costa Rica
We arrived at the hotel late in the afternoon and decided to hit the pool bar for a quick drink. Unfortunately, the hotel had closed the pool bar for a private party :-(. Oh well, we wandered down to the lobby restaurant, had a drink and planned dinner. There was an Italian restaurant called Lo …
Last Full Day :(
We said goodbye to our gracious hosts, Karl and Guiselle, and headed back around the lake to La Fortuna. We wanted to hike the old lava flows that remain from the Arenal Volcano. Somehow, we passed by our original target (the Costa Ricans haven't quite gotten the hang of giant signs and billboards with arrows …
Water World Part 4—with bridges
On Thursday we drove from Quepos to Arenal. Sue has a friend, Karl, who lives outside of a town called Tejona. It is around the other side Lake Arenal from Arenal National Park. The four-hour drive was uneventful. As I mentioned before, the roads in Costa Rica are quite good, just small and winding. …
Water World Part 2
Yesterday morning we set off on our second water adventure. Sue booked us an ocean kayak and snorkeling trip. We decided to drive to the tour company rather than have them pick us up as the drive home from the white water rafting included about an hour extra to drop off the other rafters. …
Water World, Part 1
Yesterday, we had our first water adventure: white water rafting. We thought we were getting class V rapids but the trip we were on only had class II and III. I'm still not sure we got the tour we originally booked (or thought we booked); nevertheless, we had a blast. We took a bus ride …
A Warm Welcome to Costa Rica
The flights down were pretty much uneventful. On Saturday, we flew Chicago--> Fort Lauderdale FL--> San Jose, Costa Rica. We were scheduled to arrive at 7 p.m., but arrived about an hour late. No big deal. We rented a Suzuki Vitara and were a bit surprised to realize it was a manual. Ok. I know …
I am a bit rattled
I know that plane crashes are exceedingly rare. There are something like 100,000 commercial flights each day of which about 8,600 use the 737 Max planes. We have had two crashes separated by about 131 day so that means there have been about 1 million flights (8600 x 131) on the 737 Max planes. Now …
Doing It On The Road 