Costa Rica 2021
Sat Jun 12 San Jose
-Arrive noon
-Vamos car rental
--Suzuki Vitara
-Hotel Novo
--Clean Hotel in Old City
-Meet Francisco, travelled thru Colombia, Panama
Sun Jun 13 La Fortuna
-Poas volcano
--Helmets, Paved walk to top, look into crater
--Active, steaming green lake
-Tamandua Home Feeling
--Modern Stand-Alone Condo in Costa Rican campo
-Arenal volcano
--Walked around base to old lava flow
-Waterfall
--500 steps
--Swimming
-Hanging Bridges
-Thermally heated hot water river
-Hummingbirds, colorful birds, milipedes
Tue Jun 15 Monteverde
-Attractive tourist town in the cloud forest
-Hotel El Atardecer
--Big Hotel close to town
--Fried chicken on the balcony
-Pool hall on a rainy day
-Nature Reserve
--Morning walk thru cloud forest
--Continental Divide
--Agouti
-Selvatura
--Ziplines
--Hanging Bridges
-Orchid garden
Thu Jun 17 Quepos
-Manuel Antonio national park
--Capuchin monkeys, coati, bats, sloth, howler monkeys
--Playa Biesanz, Manuel Antonio, Gamelas beaches
-Surfing
-Manuel Antonio Park House
--Caupuchin monkeys on the roof
--Cool swimming pool
--Sloth over parking lot
--green iguana and capuchin monkey invasion
Sun Jun 20 Drake Bay
-Sierpe river boat
-Corcovado national park
--spider monkey, howler monkey, squirrel monkey
--crocodile, tapir, coati, tamandua, peccary, toucan, egret
--Sirena ranger station
-Snorkeling
--Isla de Cano
---Colorful fish, turtles, shark?
--San Josecito rough surf beach
---Coconuts and mangoes
-Cotingas Ocean View
--115 steps
--Balcony with ocean view
-Colorful birds all around
-Brown pelican
Wed Jun 23 Uvita
-Villa Maria Luisa
--Pool with Water Gun
--Close to Playa Colonia
-Playa Hermosa, Playa Colonia
--Big surf
--Trees growing to high tide mark
-Beach iguanas, soda iguanas?
Fri Jun 25 San Jose
-Hotel Novo
--Clean Hotel in Old City
-Return car
-Fly home
Animal Sightings
1 Capuchin monkey
2 Coati
3 Bat
4 Sloth
5 Howler monkey
6 Green iguana
7 Agouti
8 Hummingbirds
9 Colorful bird
10 Millipede
11 Spider monkey
12 Squirrel monkey
13 Crocodile
14 Tapir
15 Tamandua
16 Peccary
17 Toucan
18 Egret
19 Colorful fish
20 Turtle
21 Brown pelican
22 Brown iguana
23 Grey iguana
