2004-Costa Rica - Page 10 - 1000Places

We begin our retirement by heading to flora and fauna.

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1000places > MANUEL ANTONIO NATIONAL PARK, COSTA RICA - A sight that is even more rare is the three-toed sloth. Seeing one is unusual, but seeing one actually in motion may be a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Even the guides don't see this often, and almost never in the daytime.

1000places > MANUEL ANTONIO NATIONAL PARK, COSTA RICA - Our final encounter along the trails of the park was in this clay bank alongside one of the service roads where we discovered a boa constrictor. This was just about enough nature for the day!

1000places > MANUEL ANTONIO NATIONAL PARK, COSTA RICA - By the time the crowds starting arriving, we have found our way back to the entrance. On our way out, we took one last photo of the deserted beach - with only our footprints to indicate we were there.

1000places > MANUEL ANTONIO NATIONAL PARK, COSTA RICA - Outside the national park is a public beach which had become significantly more crowded by the time we exited the park.

1000places > QUEPOS, COSTA RICO - One afternoon we hiked from the Blue Monkey hotel up a nature trail to a lookout tower, from which we could look out over the village of Quepos.

1000places > QUEPOS, COSTA RICA - A note about Costa Rica's Pacific coast - there are no trade winds and very faint ocean breezes. It is hot - 90 degrees plus with humidity about the same. Mismo caliente, mismo humedo - as these two pictures attest.

1000places > BETWEEN QUEPOS AND JACO, COSTA RICA - Another day, another rainforest. We took an excursion to a privately-run eco-conservation project called "Rainmaker" high up in the mountains.

1000places > BETWEEN QUEPOS AND JACO, COSTA RICA - When we arrived, the Rainmaker pavilion was in bright sunlight - a little unusual we thought for a "rainforest."

1000places > BETWEEN QUEPOS AND JACO, COSTA RICA - Again escorted by a guide, we hiked along a forest creek into the jungle.

MANUEL ANTONIO NATIONAL PARK, COSTA RICA - A sight that is even more rare is the three-toed sloth. Seeing one is unusual, but seeing one actually in motion may be a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Even the guides don't see this often, and almost never in the daytime.

> MANUEL ANTONIO NATIONAL PARK, COSTA RICA - A sight that is even more rare is the three-toed sloth. Seeing one is unusual, but seeing one actually in motion may be a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Even the guides don't see this often, and almost never in the daytime.

MANUEL ANTONIO NATIONAL PARK, COSTA RICA - A sight that is even more rare is the three-toed sloth. Seeing one is unusual, but seeing one actually in motion may be a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Even the guides don't see this often, and almost never in the daytime.

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