gregandjon

I broke twelve toes today… well not exactly 12 toes but it feels like I broke all of the toes on my feet after a day of walking, and hiking up hills in flip flops. We woke up around 8:30 today, went to breakfast at the hotel and then hopped onto the bus down to the park. Greg wanted to take another walk through the park in hopes of seeing howler monkeys and another sloth. He does love his sloths. We got down to the park, Greg drank out of a coconut and we found a path that we had not discovered in our previous visit. We were hoping that it wouldn’t have as many people on it and we would have the opportunity to see more wildlife. Well, apparently our eyes are not as good ... read more

Then there was the snorkeling trip on Wednesday. That was a late minute addition to the schedule when we decided against taking a trip up to the Volcano because everybody who had been up there said you couldn’t see the volcano because of the rain and fog. Luckily the snorkeling adventure left at 1pm so we were able to sleep in, all the way until 8:30! We got up and went down for breakfast by the pool and then decided that since we had the time we would go do some souvenir shopping down by the beach. The entrance to Manuel Antonio beach is a 25 minute walk down the hill or a cheap bus ride down. We waited at the bus stop for a few minutes and then I decided that we should walk down ... read more

Yesterday was Zipline day! Otherwise known as the canopy tour of the hills in the rainforest towards the interior of Costa Rica. We were able to sleep a little bit later today and then woke up to have breakfast and meet up with our driver who packed us into a van with 10 people to the office, where thank goodness, they moved us into a larger bus and started driving towards the hills. We were introduced to the Costa Rican Car Massage yesterday, its when the car goes off the paved road and continues on the dirt road through the African palm trees and then some teak trees, and then some hills, well lots of hill, and across some creeks. Greg who usually gets sick with my driving on American paved roads somehow managed to not ... read more

Once we landed in Costa Rica we had to get to Manuel Antonio, the area we are staying in for the week. We landed in the San Jose and cleared customs, exchanged some money and then went over to the "terminal" that we were flying out of to Quepos which is the airport near Manuel Antonio. We had to weigh ourselves with our luggage to make sure that we weighed the right amount. We waiting in the outdoor terminal for a little bit and then they called us to board our plane, took our laminate pass that they reuse and we walked outside. There are a number of planes outside and the six passengers from our flight all follow the captain as we walk towards the smallest prop plane I have ever seen (although Greg says ... read more

It is official now that Jon got his passport today, we are heading to Costa Rica on Friday (err really early Saturday morning) for a week of fun and adventure. Jonathan is looking forward to some time on the beach while Greg thinks that cage diving with sharks and surfing will be fun. Jonathan will NOT be cage diving with sharks but it is possible he will let Greg do it. We will however be white water rafting, ziplining through the rainforest, and doing a tour of the area. Jonathan is hoping to see the volcanoes since he has never seen one! We will post pictures and stories up here as much as we can. Neither of us have been to Costa Rica before so it should be a great end of winter vacation! ... read more