The animals of Costa Rica

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The animals of Costa Rica (real animals coming soon)


Ok these photos are all from the La Paz Waterfall Gardens.
Its 45 mins north by car from San Jose (the capital of Costa Rica).
We stayed at an amazing resort there in the rainforest called The Peace Lodge .... ..... ..... ...... ....... ........ ....... ........ ......... To see the photos from this area click here -->

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Photos

Our private villa at the Peace Lodge in the La Paz Waterfall Gardens
It was our 1 year anniversary so we decided to spend a night in a honeymoon suite. It was still not that expensive and it was just amazing. It was situated at the top of a hill overlooking a rainforest full of waterfalls with a hummingbird garden and a giant butterfly enclosure.

Our villa
Look they put our name on it (well they put my name on it cause I booked it (hows that for the battle of the sexes!)

The bed in our villa at The Peace Lodge
And here is a picture of the first animal I came across...although not native to the area it appeared quite tame and comfortable in its surroundings.
Here it is- ready to mate...............
Well isn't that inviting ;)

Dan ready for a jacuzzi
Dan ready for a jacuzzi on the balcony of our villa at the peace lodge

Dan in our Jacuzzi
The jacuzzi on our balcony at The Peace Lodge

The view from our balcony
We had breakfast served on our balcony looking out over the waterfall gardens and the rainforest

The path from our villa to the waterfalls
If you look closely you will see there is an animal on the path -Havn't we seen that species somewhere before?

The Waterfall Gardens
One of the waterfalls in the gardens below the Peace Lodge. This one was spraying us with water and it was a little cool in this area compared to the rest of costa rica (since we were up high).

The new bridge and the old bridge (at the waterfall gardens)
Apparently this bridge broke 2 years ago when a truckload of chickens travelled across it.....hmmm I wonder if chickens can swim........

The butterfly garden
This garden was full of giant bright blue butterflies flapping around our heads but they just came out as blurs in the photos. Oh well..it still looks nice.

Dan in the Hummingbird Garden
Doesn't he look excited!!! (this was after I made him pose for ten minutes waiting for a bird to sit on his hand. Of course when one finally did- I took the photo too late and it had already flewn off (they're fast buggers those hummingbirds).

A hummingbird
They are smaller than they look in the photos (think of the smallest bird you have ever seen....well they are smaller than that!)

another attempt at a photo of dan with a hummingbird
There is actually one sitting on the feeder in Dan's hand but it's camouflaged by the background...really...look hard at it.