Costa Rica pics
I have finished uploading photos from our recent trip to Costa Rica, and they are now online for your viewing pleasure. I was going to write a travel journal to go along with it, but I'd really just be duplicating what I wrote after our first trip there, so I scrapped that idea.
Although Costa Rica's dry season is supposed to begin in the middle of November, unseasonably late rains came down until the last day of December. But the new year dawned sunny and warm, so we were able to experience some nice weather. Living in the jungle as we were, you rise with the sun and the birds at about 6am. The sun goes down around 5:30, then you have dinner, retire to your cabin, and are asleep by 9pm. It's a very natural schedule, and once you realize the numbers on the clock are just arbitrary, you have no problem getting up so early.
Most of our time in CR was spent diving, and I did ten dives in four days at five different sites. One site was an underwater seamount only recently discovered by park rangers, and one of the rangers was nice enough to show us the site and accompany us on our dive. It was gorgeous, with steep rock pinnacles covered by soft coral polyps, and swarming with countless large fish. Our last full day was spent hiking through the beautiful primary rainforest (and streams, and mud) of Corcovado National Park.
Firsts for me on this trip included seeing: a boa, several toucans, two harlequin shrimp (most likely involved in a courtship display), a tapir, a bull shark, and an up-close encounter with a booby. I also did my first dives in the rain - it's really neat being underwater and seeing rain hit the surface.
We had a wonderful trip, and now I'm just enjoying relaxing here at home.
Although Costa Rica's dry season is supposed to begin in the middle of November, unseasonably late rains came down until the last day of December. But the new year dawned sunny and warm, so we were able to experience some nice weather. Living in the jungle as we were, you rise with the sun and the birds at about 6am. The sun goes down around 5:30, then you have dinner, retire to your cabin, and are asleep by 9pm. It's a very natural schedule, and once you realize the numbers on the clock are just arbitrary, you have no problem getting up so early.
Most of our time in CR was spent diving, and I did ten dives in four days at five different sites. One site was an underwater seamount only recently discovered by park rangers, and one of the rangers was nice enough to show us the site and accompany us on our dive. It was gorgeous, with steep rock pinnacles covered by soft coral polyps, and swarming with countless large fish. Our last full day was spent hiking through the beautiful primary rainforest (and streams, and mud) of Corcovado National Park.
Firsts for me on this trip included seeing: a boa, several toucans, two harlequin shrimp (most likely involved in a courtship display), a tapir, a bull shark, and an up-close encounter with a booby. I also did my first dives in the rain - it's really neat being underwater and seeing rain hit the surface.
We had a wonderful trip, and now I'm just enjoying relaxing here at home.