I just got back from my first trip to Costa Rica - the Manuel Antonio area. We got to experience the edges of Hurricane Otto - first ever hurricane to hit the area. We stayed at Tulemar and it was a great location - yet very hilly. The casita was gorgeous and it would have been a very memorable trip if it would not have rained for 4 days straight - and not just a little rain, it was raining hard. We did not realize how bad it was until we left and everything was flooded - houses, roads, fields. We got to see lots of wildlife - right from our casita - Tucans, Macas, several monkeys, numerous birds in different kind of colors. Hummingbirds and butterflies everywhere. One could only imagine what we could have
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