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| White-water rafters seen from the terrace of my cabin in cell phone. Selva Verde Lodge, Chilamate, Sarapiquí, Costa Rica on the Sarapiquí River |
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| Rafters zoomed-in and cropped from cell phone pix. Selva Verde Lodge, Chilamate, Sarapiquí, Costa Rica on the Sarapiquí River |
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| Yellow-throated Toucan cell phone shot cropped to 1/4 size to enlarge. Behind dining room, Selva Verde Lodge, Chilamate, Sarapiquí, Costa Rica. Good photos of this bird coming in next few days. Saw him everywhere! |
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| Lower Falls at La Paz Gardens Seen from highway enroute to and from Selva Verde Lodge Costa Rica this trip. You don’t see this on your paid visit inside the park! 🙂 |
I drove a rent car through the mountains above Alajuela to avoid going through the nerve-wracking traffic of San Jose, but not sure how much better with all the hairpin curves! It is a tiring drive of less than 60 miles that takes 3 hours. (Yep! I averaged 20 mph!) And rent cars with full insurance are expensive! So next trip will be on public transportation even though I am still not fluent in Spanish. With friendly Ticos I can struggle through the language with less stress than comes with driving through city traffic or mountain curves AND it will be a whole lot less expensive! And slower is part of the adventure. ¡Pura Vida! I was told at Selva Verde that the bus from San Jose was the equivalent of $4, but of course mine will be discounted with my senior adult card. 🙂