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| Photographed in Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Yellow-headed Caracara Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Striped Basilisk Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Yellow-crowned Night Heron Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Common Black Hawk Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Tiger Heron Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Black-necked Stilt Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| American Crocodile (Great Egret in background) Tarcoles River, Costa Rica |
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| Sunset over the Pacific Ocean Manuel Antonio Beach, Costa Rica |
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| White-faced Capuchin Monkey behind our hotel on the beach before breakfast. |
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| Kevin with two monkeys behind him, not posing! |
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| We said “Goodbye” to Manuel Antonio Beach and went to breakfast. |
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| Striped Flycatcher from breakfast table |
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| Cherrie’s Tanager seen from breakfast table |
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| Striped Basilisk seen from breakfast table. |
Then we drove back to Atenas with stops in Quepos, Jaco, and Tarcoles to help Kevin find those last minute souvenirs and gifts for Robbie. Though the one by Crocodile Bridge is good, I found a new favorite gift shop with locations near both Jaco and Tarcoles. I will take future visitors to one of these locations:
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| With two locations, one near Tarcoles and one near Jaco, and the best overall selection I’ve seen in one place plus a woodwork collection that rivals or beats the shops in Sarchi. |
Kevin’s visit is helping me to get prepared for future visitors and where to go for specific things that interest you or whoever else comes for a visit. I will of course continue to refine my “tour.” 🙂
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| Baby Green Parrot Snake in the Pacific coastal rainforest of Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica Shot with cell phone through a spotting scope |
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| Three-toed Sloth Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica Shot with cell phone through a spotting scope |
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| Glass Frog Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica Shot with cell phone through a spotting scope |
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| Rare and elusive Squirrel Monkey Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica Shot with my Canon Rebel, 75-300 mm lens |
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| A People-Watching White-faced Capuchin Monkey Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica Shot with my Canon Rebel, 75-300 mm lens |
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| Sunset from El Avion Restaurant Manual Antonio, Costa Rica Cell Phone photo |
We spent the morning on a guided tour of Manuel Antonio National Park with a guide who had a spotting scope making some of these photos possible. The web connection is still slow, but I was more patient today uploading these 5 photos, though it took about an hour. Only a couple of birds today, but a lot of birds yesterday which I will show some of after back home in Atenas with a faster internet. We are tried a different approach to the sunset tonight by eating in a restaurant overlooking the ocean. Not as good as last night, but we accomplished dinner at the same time!
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| Sunset at Manuel Antonio Beach, Costa Rica |
We have very slow internet connection in our motel on the beach, so only one photo which took 20 minutes to upload. The croc, birds, horse and other sunset photos will have to wait until later! We drove to Tarcoles River this morning for our croc and bird safari cruise, then on to Manuel Antonio National Park and beach where we have a hotel on the beach. This photo was made from behind our hotel. Tomorrow we take a guided hike into the rainforest and then chill out the rest of the day.