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The return flight was from Palmar Sur, the closest airport to hotel but it has no ground crew, thus the co-pilot has to do everything from wheel blocks to loading luggage! 🙂 But Palmar Sur does have a new terminal building as does Drake Bay that we stopped in on the way back to San Jose and Drake Bay does have a ground crew! 🙂 I just love the sights from these short flights across Costa Rica. Below are 7 favorite shots from my return flight to San Jose . . .
Check out this National Geographic Traveler Article online listing Costa Rica as #2 on their list of Best of the World: eight sustainable destinations for 2021 and beyond.
The above photo is one of mine from Drake Bay since Nat Geo used their Drake Bay photo and I think mine is just about as good! 🙂 It’s sunrise from Aguila de Osa Lodge and the full post online also has my Drake Bay snorkeling photo. 🙂
And for those email recipients who won’t click the magazine link above, I copied the CR part of the article into my full blog post on my site, just click below . . .
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| Flying over Corcovado National Park near Drake Bay Probably one winding river but whatever, a lot of water for one forest! The Richness of a Rainforest! Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica |
Sometimes I go back and look through photos from a trip and see something new to share. 🙂
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| A 100 page book with 84 photos form two visits to Corcovado. CLICK the image or this to preview the book on Blurb.com. |
Note that I set up the softcover book with “standard paper” which makes it a little cheaper, but the hardcover is set up with a higher quality paper for better photos. Sorry they are so expensive, but most “print on demand” self-publishing is, since they often print just one book at a time. And see my Facebook page for how you can make and order your first book with Blurb at 30% off.
See also my trip gallery on the recent Drake Bay Trip for some of the same photos and
For the 2009 Corcovado Trip, click for my old Pbase gallery which includes photos from that visit to Corcovado along with my first visit to the cloud forest of San Gerado de Dota.
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| My Front Porch Hammock & Bay View Aguila de Osa Lodge, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| My Front Door & Outside Chairs Aguila de Osa Lodge, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| My Room, All those windows have only screens. High ceiling with Fan! Aguila de Osa Lodge, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| One of 3 Flights of Stairs UP to Rooms on Top of Hill Aguila de Osa Lodge, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| One of 3 Flights of Stairs DOWN from Rooms on Top of Hill Aguila de Osa Lodge, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| Exit Sign from Drake Bay Community Trail to Hotel Aguila de Osa Lodge, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| 3 Meals a Day Overlooking the Bay Though some trips included a box lunch on the day trip Aguila de Osa Lodge, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| Gourmet Meals Served Three Times a Day! Plus Happy Hour with Appetizers! Aguila de Osa Lodge, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| Hotel’s Fleet of Boats is Important to Guest Transportation! Aguila de Osa Lodge, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| As Are the Boat Captains! Aguila de Osa Lodge, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| A Familiar Scene Coming and Going from the Hotel Aguila de Osa Lodge, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| And the Hotel Pier is Really the “Front Door” to Hotel You get here by boat or by walking a trail. No road for cars. Aguila de Osa Lodge, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
I loved it here! Being gone the bulk of the daytime on adventures kept me from missing air-conditioning, which in the hot and humid coastal rainforest would have been better for resting inside during the day. But who does that with all the things to do during the day? At night the ceiling fan was more than adequate and I actually turned it off two nights and used the blanket.
Though not made yet, I will soon have a “Trip Gallery” on this trip in a new area of my Costa Rica galleries simply called TRIPS. And of course as always I use every trip to increase my collection of bird photos and other categories of photos in my big gallery called Charlie Doggett’s COSTA RICA. If interested in Costa Rica you might enjoy exploring my galleries.
And this concludes the Blog reports on my recent Corcovado-Drake Bay trip, though more photos may pop up here in the future. A 6-day trip is the longest I have made since my move here and I like longer visits in the same location! A friend has scheduled a week-long trip here soon for birding and will be in a different hotel every night. He may see more birds but will be physically exhausted by the end of the week! I’m too old for that now! 🙂 Pura Vida!
My TRIPS Photo Gallery on this Drake Bay Trip
And my Lodges & Hotels of Costa Rica photo gallery
Costa Rica to soon unveil its first hydrogen-powered bus!
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| Sunrise from the Front Porch of My Room Aguila de Osa Lodge, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| Little Stream on Hotel Property Aguila de Osa Lodge, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| Complete with a Swinging Bridge! It connects a trail around the total bay. Aguila de Osa Lodge, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| Pedrillo Falls Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Little Falls Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Part of the Continuous Beach Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Ranger Station like this at both Pedrillo & Cañon Island Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Part of the beach is rocky like this Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Mangrove Boat Trip Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| Mangrove Floating Hyacinths & Dense Forests Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| And of course, lots of Mangrove Trees that grow in the brackish water and attract wildlife Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
My TRIPS Photo Gallery on this Drake Bay Trip
About Corcovado National Park (Wikipedia) and About Drake Bay (Wikipedia)
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| A short street in the village of Drake Bay called “Hibiscus Way” Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| Red Hibiscus Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
About Corcovado National Park (Wikipedia) and About Drake Bay (Wikipedia)
Just a tiny sample of the lush forests around Drake Bay & in the Park:
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| This massive root structure is on property of Hotel Aguila de Osa Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| Hotel Aguila de Osa Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| Mangoes on the ground for animals to eat or to rot Common all over Costa Rica this time of year – We can’t eat them all! Here on public trail through Aguila de Osa Hotel, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| Mango Tree Along public trail Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| Public Trail Near Hotel Aguila de Osa Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| Park Trail, near Pedrillo Ranger Station Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Bamboo at Aguila de Osa Lodge Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
See also my Photo Gallery called Flora & Forests
My TRIPS Photo Gallery on this Drake Bay Trip
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| Malachite Butterfly Drake Bay, Costa rica |
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| White-faced Capuchin Monkey Drake Bay, Costa rica |
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| Red-tailed Squirrel Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica |
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| White-nosed Coati Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Agouti Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica |
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| White-lined Bat Mangrove Forest, Drake Bay, Costa rica |
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| Proboscis Bat (said guide) or Gray Sac-winged Bat Mangrove Forest, Drake Bay, Costa rica |
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| Land Crab Mangrove Forest, Drake Bay, Costa rica |
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| Spotted Dolphin Near Cañon Island, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
My TRIPS Photo Gallery on this Drake Bay Trip
About Corcovado National Park (Wikipedia) and About Drake Bay (Wikipedia)
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| Tawny Tree Frog Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Red-eyed Tree Frog Aguila de Osa Inn, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| Common Rain Frog Aguila de Osa Inn, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| American Crockodile Mangrove Forest, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| Skink Aguila de Osa Inn, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| Unknown Lizard Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Unknown Lizard (on guide Tony) Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Baby Boa Constrictor (On guide Carlos)
Aguila de Osa Inn, Drake Bay, Costa Rica |