Flying to the Caribe Today!

Today begins what has become almost an annual tradition of spending a week in the Southern Caribbean of Costa Rica, during September when this rainy rainforest has the least amount of rain. After trying a few other hotels, I’ve settled on Banana Azul as my favorite and it is right on the beach (one of the few!) in a favorite room with balcony overlooking the beach and hotel gardens. It is one of my most relaxing weeks of the year! This Puerto Viejo area is south, near the Panama Border and quite different from my other Caribe fave which is north of the port of Limón and in a great wetlands wildlife national park called Tortuguero.

I have just two morning bird hikes scheduled, one in the Cahuita National Park and the other in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge. Otherwise I just “hangout” at the hotel and beach, walking both the beach and a forested beach road where last year I found a bonanza of butterflies! 🙂

Read on for some of my past creative endeavors from the South Caribbean of Costa Rica . . .

5 Photo Books on South Caribe

• Sunrise Banana Azul (2023)
• Hotel Banana Azul Butterflies (2023)
• Tranquilo Banana Azul (2019)
• Caribe Tuanis (2018)
• Costa Rica’s South Caribbean (2017)

My Trip Galleries for South Caribe

• 2022 at Hotel Banana Azul
• 2021 at Hotel Banana Azul
• 2019 at Hotel Banana Azul
• 2018 at Hotel Banana Azul
• 2017 at Hotel Banana Azul
• 2016 at Tent Hotel Almonds & Corals
• 2015 at Bribri Yorkin Reserve
• 2015 at Hotel Cariblue

Hopefully, starting tonight or tomorrow I will be posting on this blog directly from Hotel Banana Azul with same day blog information! 🙂 And if you ever get the idea that I’m having great time living in my retirement here in Costa Rica – you will be absolutely correct! 🙂

¡Pura Vida!