After our walk through the cloud forest on the hanging bridges and a quick lunch, we ventured into the Butterfly Garden. It’s the largest butterfly garden in Costa Rica from what I remember being told and it was quick incredible. Erin and I both agreed that they should have weddings in there. It kind ofKeep Reading!
Our second day in Monte Verde we ventured up to Selvatura Park, another incredible experience. First stop for the day was a guided walking tour on the hanging bridges (sky bridges) that weave in and out of the cloud forest. I can’t remember how many of them there were, but it was a lot. ReallyKeep Reading!
When we arrived in Monte Verde the first thing we noticed was the temperature. It was actually COLD! Quite a refreshing feeling after spending two months in the dry and hot northwest coast of Costa Rica. The second thing we noticed is that it’s green. Everywhere. Monte Verde is incredibly lush. The plants and trees areKeep Reading!
It’s sounds cooler than it is, but there is a cool service that will take you from La Fortuna / Arenal across Lake Arenal to Monte Verde saving you the drive around the lake. It’s a very big lake. It’s called the Jeep – Boat – Jeep, but it could have been called the ShuttleKeep Reading!
Tabacon Hot Springs is one of the coolest places we’ve ever seen. Close your eyes. Imagine a combination of Disney World design with luxury, water and nature. Now take that image and triple it. That’s Tabacon. I think the most amazing element to Tabacon was that it was in a natural setting. They took aKeep Reading!
We already posted these pix on Facebook last week, but some of our friends are not on Facebook (what? Jenn? Brenda? ) so we wanted to post them up here on 10 Feet as well. The following are a selection of pix from our first day in Arenal and La Fortuna.Keep Reading!
This week, we are traveling in Costa Rica to some of the mountain towns. It’s been quite a different view of Costa Rica from the beaches of Tamarindo! We have actually had to wear long pants and jackets at times as it is much cooler here than at home. I’ll go into much more detailsKeep Reading!
This past week, Erin and I were lucky enough to get to enjoy a little break from the kids. It’s been 8 weeks without a single break, day or night (unless you can count spanish school I guess..) Needless to say, it was much needed. Our local friends helped us find a great babysitter andKeep Reading!
Last week, we took a really fun trip up the Tamarindo River and got to see all kinds of wildlife. Our driver, Victor Hugo (seriously!) was fantastic and picked us up by our house, drove us to the river and escorted us to his boat. The trip was about three hours long. We saw allKeep Reading!
Here is a little video we made of our December in Costa Rica with our new friends, Mark, Carolyn, James, Annie and Christopher, more commonly known as “The Canadians”. The video highlights a few of our big events, Christmas eve, Rincon de Vieja, and Playa Avellanas and a few other pix. It took me 12Keep Reading!
Abby asked if she could send some pictures to her class back home today, so picked out a few to post and she also wrote a note to go along with it. We miss you Meiklejohn friends!!! Dear Mrs. Harris – I miss you. What are you doing? Are you doing some games? Are youKeep Reading!
Today we were sad to have to say goodbye to our friends Mark, Carolyn, James, Annie and Christopher whom we now lovingly refer to as “The Canadians”. We have enjoyed spending many hours a day with them for the past three weeks and after so many wonderful shared moments, holidays and events, we feel veryKeep Reading!
Tamarindo is a whole different animal this week, I’m in awe. Two weeks ago it felt like the kids and Erin and I were the only visitors in town, this week this sleepy surf town is PACKED with people. Tico’s, Americans, Canadians, Europeans and more. We heard this morning that every single room, hotel, condo and rentalKeep Reading!
We send our holiday greetings this year from the Luna Llena in Tamarindo, Costa Rica! We arrived on December 5th, and look forward to a sunny Christmas in the sand and surf this weekend. Our arrival here this month was the culmination of months of dreaming and planning. We will explore Costa Rica through theKeep Reading!
This morning we were eating breakfast on the beach at one of our favorite spots Nogui’s. We were in the sand at our table under a canopy of tree’s and wildlife was everywhere (just like the rest of Costa Rica). We were enjoying watching the gulls and pelicans diving into the ocean to catch theirKeep Reading!
Part four on life in Tamarindo, this time we have some photos from around town. The town is an interesting mix of poverty, luxury, tourism and surf town. Almost all of the roads are dirt, except for portions of the main drag and a little pavement strip (only one side of the road for someKeep Reading!
As promised, here is post three on our everyday life in Tamarindo. This edition is focusing on the hotel we’re staying at, the Luna Llena (Full Moon). The hotel has beautiful grounds, not luxury beautiful, naturally beautiful, and there are a bunch of small bungalows that surround a nice sized pool and swim up bar.Keep Reading!
Part two of our writings and photos on everyday life in Tamarindo thus far, today’s installment is our house. We are living at the Luna Llena Hotel & Residence. It’s a great little hotel run by Pino and Simona as well as their 4 dogs and 5 cats. I wouldn’t call it nice, but I’dKeep Reading!
We’ve had quite a few people ask us to send some pictures of our everyday life in Tamarindo, so we took some pictures yesterday around town while we were out. The first installment is from the Super 2001, which is the super marcado closest to our hotel. We’ve been told that it’s more expensive thanKeep Reading!
