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Week in Review...Part 2 of Costa Rica

Published on 1.24.2013 in , ,


Saturday morning started with a breakfast of Costa Rican bananas; don't export them because they're rare, and DELICIOUS!...
Costa Rican bananas.  Don't export them.


...and then we hit the bike trail...
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...to see mangoes...
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...an abandoned resort...
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...iguanas...
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...a ridiculously gorgeous view...
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...and monkeys!...
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...oh, and I can't forget Maxwell the iguana. He lived on Ryan's relative's patio...
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...Saturday was the wedding...
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...the flowers looked delicious...
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...I thought he was pretty delicious too...
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...pictures with the happy couple...
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...and a dance with their moms...
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...more tomorrow!!


Sunday morning we woke up at dark thirty once again to go here...
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...to go underwater...
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...when we got back we ...we also roamed the beach some more...
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...the last night we hit the beach and found crabs...
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...and the next morning we saw their tracks...
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...we had breakfast one last time...
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...before hopping in the transport, saying goodbye to the volcano...
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...and saying goodbye to Costa Rica...
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...the trip home was sleepy, well, except for catching a few shots of Lake Nicaragua...
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The trip was amazing. I never thought Costa Rica would be on my "trip list", but am so happy it was. The experience far exceeded my expectations! On to the next rodeo...


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Week in Review...Part 1

Published on 1.23.2013 in , ,

I went on vacation.

And when I mean vacation, I mean VACATION...

Friends of ours got married in Costa Rica.  Yep, that's right...I'm crossing some stuff off my 30 Before 30...  :)

But that's for next week. 

For the next few days, I'll try to work through the what...

Thursday morning Engineering Man and I woke up at dark thirty and hit the airport...
Costa Rica here we come!



...to fly the friendly skies...
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...and a few cloudy ones...
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...with a couple naps...
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...to the sunny and gorgeous Costa Rica...
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...where we "stopped" traveling(teehee)...
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...on the Pacific coast...
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...at our gorgeous resort...
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...we partied at the bar...
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...and rode a bunch of shuttles as the terrain was ridiculous...
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...saw some boats...
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...and enjoyed the amazing black sand beach...
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Friday morning began once again early...but this time for a good reason...

...we hit the road to Rincon de la Vieja...
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...for some adventure...
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...along the way we saw rice fields...
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...and sugar cane fields...
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...some recently harvested...
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...including some recently harvested sugar cane...
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...the morning's first adventure was horseback riding...
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...through the jungle...
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...to our next adventure...
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...under a waterfall...
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...what were we doing? Why, going down rapids...
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...a lot of rapids...
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...and there may have been some tube tipping involved...
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...a few more rapids...
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...I mean it was ridiculous...25 in total...
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...we followed that awesome time with this...
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...AHHH!!...
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...yes, that's a waterfall with a zip line slide...
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...and yes, we ended in a giant canyon...
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...oh, and upside down!...
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...the last portion of the day was spent painting...
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...with mud...
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...ridiculous, but fun...
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...check tomorrow for more!!