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I have posted the photos we took in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. They can be accessed from the following links:
Monte Verde
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We are in Monte Verde cloud forest and it is our last day in Costa Rica. So far we have gone to the butterfly farm, hiked in the jungle at night, hiked a series of suspension bridges in the canopy, and gone zip-lining through the jungle. It has been pretty busy. Our last day in La Fortuna saw us on rappel lines in a jungle mountain stream gorge, canyoning down a series of seven waterfalls. Our evening was filled with a volcano hike on Arenal Volcano – an active volcano that sounds like thunder when it erupts – on average of every 7 minutes. I am going a little backwards here… sorry.
Last Day in San Jose
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We´ve been busy – yesterday we went to the Gold and Jade museums, did a walking tour of the city and met several interesting characters. Today we hired a fantastic taxi driver named Jose to take us outside of the city to some sites that are not conveniently accessed by public transit, but are well worth seeing. We went to the Dokas Coffee plantation, Zoo Ave (a zoo that´s full of endangered or injured animals that are being rehabilitated before re-introduction to the wild), and a town famous for it´s arts and crafts called Sarchi where they make beautiful wood and leather furniture, and they´re famous for their painted ox carts – if you can be famous for that.
Made it to San Jose
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WeÅ•e going into major dog withdrawal… We left Sandie & Phineas with the Draper’s on Friday, and left for Thunder Bay on Saturday (07/07/07) – the most popular wedding day of the year. There were two weddings going on in the hotel we stayed at with the Gibbon’s, and the guests staying in the room beside us had two dogs in it. Hordes of little kids who were part of the wedding parties kept running by in the hall, yelling “woof!” at the door next to us, and the dogs were vigilant in their responses. It made us really want our doggies. That aside, we had a great time with our friends before we flew to Toronto and spent the night in the terminal because we’re too cheap to pay $169.00 a night for a room we would have to vacate at 3:30 am anyways. Sleeping in airports tip for Pearson International: Terminal 3, at the end of the check in desks by American airlines is very quite (compared to the rest of the terminal) and practically deserted. If you can get a bench to yourself, you’ve got it made (all things being relative).
Booking Hotels
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Well we are finally getting around to booking the hotels that we require for our trip. The ones we need for transit and before and after our tour begins and ends. A tid bit of information when booking accommodation’s in Costa Rica, do not book motels as they are usually rented by the hour. We have booked the following hotels in Costa Rica:
