Travel --- 12/27/2009 - 1/24/2010 --- Costa Rica
Todavia! Jefe en Costa Rica, Veinte Diez
Costa Rica was amazing! One full month of travel. This page presents an itinerary of the trip along with a selection of the best photos. Links in the itinerary will take you to pages with detailed stories and comprehensive photos from that portion of the trip.
As always, I try to provide useful information for planning your own trip... where to stay, prices, things to do, etc. Most places accept dollars or colones. I've tried to list what we actually were charged. If prices are stated in dollars, we could usually get a better deal by paying in colones since they would take 500 colones to the dollar but the exchange rate is more like 560 to the dollar. I've also done my best to identify all the flora and fauna in my pictures. No doubt there are some errors, this isn't my area of expertise.
Ok, on to the pictures and trip report. Enjoy!
Itinerary
| When | What |
| 12/27/2009 - 1/2/2010 | Preparing for the class with Mark, Dave and Rolando |
| 1/3/2010 - 1/11/2010 | COE's Costa Rica Tree Climbing class! |
| 1/12/2010 - 1/24/2010 | Traveling around Costa Rica with Jess, Joe and Alex |
| 12/27/2009 - 1/24/2010 | A selection of everyone else's photos |
Costa Rica? You should go! The country isn't going to visit itself!
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Rolando, Dave and Mark. Tres Amigos. Tres Piedras, Costa Rica -- 12/30/2009 |
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Chestnut Mandibled Toucan Tres Piedras, Costa Rica -- 12/30/2009 |
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My foot swinging in space, far above Paradise falls. Tres Piedras, Costa Rica -- 12/31/2009 |
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Standing on a branch 100' above the ground in the Bengali Tiger Trap Ceiba. Tres Piedras, Costa Rica -- 1/1/2010 |
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Ceiba spikes Tres Piedras, Costa Rica -- 1/1/2010 |
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Beautiful butterfly. They are hard to photograph because they tend to fold their wings while not flying. Tres Piedras, Costa Rica -- 1/2/2010 |
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Redondel De Tres Piedras! Tres Piedras, Costa Rica -- 1/2/2010 |
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Having an awesome time swimming! Mike, Casey, Brandon, Alex, Colin, Drew and Joe. Tres Piedras, Costa Rica -- 1/4/2010 |
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Black and Green Poison Dart Frog Tres Piedras, Costa Rica -- 1/5/2010 |
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Casey and me Tres Piedras, Costa Rica -- 1/5/2010 |
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Alex, Casey and Drew Tres Piedras, Costa Rica -- 1/5/2010 |
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Seventy feet up in a Guacimo Colorado, ready to spend the night in my hammock. Tres Piedras, Costa Rica -- 1/6/2010 |
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Waking up. Tres Piedras, Costa Rica -- 1/7/2010 |
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Gorgeous damselfly! Tres Piedras, Costa Rica -- 1/7/2010 |
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Paparazzi surrounding the Red and Green Poison Dart Frog. Tres Piedras, Costa Rica -- 1/8/2010 |
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Lone student, lone tree. Tres Piedras, Costa Rica -- 1/8/2010 |
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This might be a Julia (Dryas julia). Tres Piedras, Costa Rica -- 1/8/2010 |
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This might be a Tiger (Tithorea harmonia). I'm not very good at identifying butterflies. Tres Piedras, Costa Rica -- 1/8/2010 |
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The entire class 100' up in Gringo Mike's tree. Hannah, Regie, Casey, Mike, Colin, Drew, Joe, Alex, Brandon. Tres Piedras, Costa Rica -- 1/9/2010 |
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Drew and Mark high up in the Ceiba. Tres Piedras, Costa Rica -- 1/10/2010 |
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Drew jugging. Tres Piedras, Costa Rica -- 1/10/2010 |
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Casey jugging. It is really hard to get a sense of scale in pictures of someone climbing a 200' tall tree. Maybe this helps. Tres Piedras, Costa Rica -- 1/10/2010 |
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Black Ctenosaur Quepos, Costa Rica -- 1/11/2010 |
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Three Toed Sloth Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica -- 1/12/2010 |
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Capuchin. These monkeys pose for photos. Seriously. Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica -- 1/12/2010 |
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Black Ctenosaur Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica -- 1/12/2010 |
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Beautiful hiking trails in the park. Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica -- 1/12/2010 |
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Looking out over the Pacific Ocean. Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica -- 1/12/2010 |
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Under the sea
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Joe, Alex, Jess and me at the start of the 20km hike to Sirena. Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica -- 1/14/2010 |
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Basilisk Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica -- 1/14/2010 |
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Scarlet Macaws Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica -- 1/14/2010 |
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Collared Anteater Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica -- 1/14/2010 |
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Jess, Joe and Alex hiking along the Pacific Ocean. Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica -- 1/14/2010 |
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Blue Morpho at rest with its wings folded. I tried and tried to get a picture of one in flight, but never managed a good photo. Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica -- 1/15/2010 |
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Great Curassow eating bananas. Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica -- 1/15/2010 |
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Self portrait taken during the very last bit of sunset over the Pacific Ocean. Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica -- 1/15/2010 |
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Four-striped Whiptail. I'm pretty sure of this one. Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica -- 1/16/2010 |
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Jess and her $2 can of Fanta. The vendors at the trailhead know how to make money. Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica -- 1/16/2010 |
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Joe and Alex in their kayaks. Puerto Jimenez, Costa Rica -- 1/17/2010 |
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Basilisk Puerto Jimenez, Costa Rica -- 1/17/2010 |
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Red-lored Parrots Puerto Jimenez, Costa Rica -- 1/17/2010 |
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Walking around San Jose. San Jose, Costa Rica -- 1/19/2010 |
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Scarlet Macaw Simon Bolivar National Zoo, San Jose, Costa Rica -- 1/19/2010 |
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Jess in the huge bank of fog around Poas volcano. Poas Volcano National Park, Costa Rica -- 1/20/2010 |
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Lizano! San Jose, Costa Rica -- 1/20/2010 |
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Cuatro amigos con helado. San Jose, Costa Rica -- 1/21/2010 |
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My route for the month in Costa Rica. Airport--> San Jose--> San Isidro--> Tres Piedras--> Quepos--> Manuel Antonio--> San Isidro--> Puerto Jimenez--> Carate--> Sirena--> Carate--> Puerto Jimenez--> Golfito--> San Jose--> Poas--> San Jose--> Airport Costa Rica -- 1/24/2010 |