Our Trip to Costa Rica

Break down of our trip to Costa Rica.
3950 - pictures
1459 - miles
32 - days
6 - House's
4 - Hotel








Jan 29 - Feb 1, 2015 - Arenal Springs Resort   http://arenalspringshotel.com/

Feb 1 - Feb 2, 2015 - El Bumba Puerto Viejo/Sarapiqui  http://www.elbambu.com/index.html

Monkey's Everywhere

Coming home from the beach one afternoon we found we had some house guest.

They were everywhere as we were trying to make our way from the car to the front door.

Sometimes you pick a lemon but end up getting a Castle

The last stop on our trip was Quepos/ Manuel Antonio, where I had rented a 1 bedroom Condo with a view of the ocean. What is there not to like about that? As always I emailed a few days ahead to find out where to pick up the keys. In the responds a few red lights went off making us start to wonder about the place we were renting. We were told to go to the office to pick up keys and there is plenty of parking there. Which got us thinking about just how far from the unit would we be parking. After lugging all our stuff around for many days we were feeling very tired of moving it once again.
There is a restaurant which is part of the condominium complex which is where we went for lunch while our unit was being cleaned.

All during lunch we were eye level with 2 of the units and watched a women cleaning one. Could this be ours? After being in such fabulous secluded places we would now be on display for a restaurant for the next week. That combined with the construction going on directly behind the unit and the traffic going by (it is next to the road) our peaceful, tranquil rainforest feeling was quickly disappearing.

Dining in Cabo Matapalo, Costa Rica

 

  The town of Cabo Matapalo is very secluded, with just a few eco-lodges, hotels, restaurants, and houses. There are no stores, banks, or gas stations, those things you find in the town of Puerto Jimenez which is a long drive depending on the season and requires a 4 wheel drive car.

 We purchased all of our food in Puerto Jimenez for our total stay before arriving at the house since we did not know the distance of the restaurants in the area.

  As it turned out we did have a few nice options for a night out.
Friday Night Martina's bar, restaurant Buena Esperanza is the place to be. All the locals come Friday night with their kids & dogs to socialize. Starting at 4:30pm there is a artisan market. We got there around 6:30pm and the place was packed, everyone chatting, drinking, and the kids running around playing.

 

A typical Day in Cabo Matapalo,Costa Rica

There is always something magical, at least for me,  waking up in the rainforest. The morning start off early because as soon as the sun starts to rise so do all the birds and animals. The howler's start early, anywhere from 3:30am - 5:00am. Next comes the parrots,

the song birds,

and in the Osa the Scarlet Macaw's.