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Beautiful Manuel Antonio National Park

The view from our Honeymoon Suite at El Mango Moon

Finally....pictures!

Well it is our last day in Costa Rica and we finally found an internet place that has wireless. So here are the pictures that we promised. We have had an awesome trip with lots of adventures and first time experiences. We can't wait to get home and tell everyone about our trip. Enjoy the pictures! Of course these are just a sampling of the hundreds that we took.

We were so close to the Capuchin monkeys on our Kayak trip through the mangroves, the guide even reached out and the monkey grabbed his finger.

White-faced Capuchin monkey right outside our room

A beautiful sunset view from our Bed & Breakfast

Paddling through the Costa Rican Mangroves

A cute, cuddly sloth! We saw her in this tree as we were walking down to the beach. There are so many sloths here, its unbelievable.

Sailing trip along the Manuel Antonio coastline

Manuel Antonio National Park

Amazing horseback riding through the mountains, rainforest, and streams

This is a coffee cherry that is ripe. It is about to be picked and turned into yummy roasted coffee!

This is the coffee plant.

The bamboo here is huge! We saw this on our way down to the "private" beach.

Butterfly at La Paz Gardens in Alajuela

Dave snapped an awesome picture of a hummingbird!

Sorry..no pictures!

Hey Everyone!
We are having a great time! The past couple of days have been exciting. We went on a kayak tour of the mangroves. It was soo relaxing until I had to paddle against the current while Dave took pictures. We had a two person kayak. We saw two boa constrictors and some monkeys that came right up to us. Towards the end of that tour it started to rain.
The next day we went to the National Park, Manuel Antonio. We saw all kinds of wildlife like sloths, howler monkeys, iguanas, jesus christ lizards, bats, birds, butterflies, and leaf cutter ants. It was really neat because the guides had a telescope that let you see the animals up close. We even used it to take pictures. The sloths were soo cool! We got to watch one while she was eating and hung upside down.
After we got back from the park we went into town. The town of Quepos is at the bottom of the hill. We went souvenir shopping and then got a late lunch at a cafe. It was the best restaurant food that we have had here.
Today was the best day so far. We went horse back riding in the mountains to a waterfall. The morning starting out beautiful, sunny and dry. As the trip ended, it started raining and we rode the horses through the rainforest and streams. It was beautiful..Dave's words!
The next couple of days are for relaxing. Tomorrow we are going to the butterfly farm.
Hope everyone is doing well.
Love,
Jodie and Dave

Hey Everyone!
I hope you guys are doing okay. We arrived in Manuel Antonio yesterday around noon. It's awesome here! The weather is so much warmer than it was in Alajuela. When we got here we walked down to the beach..a trek that took us about 20 minutes. We saw all kinds of wildlife like bats, lizards, iguanas, birds, and on our way back up we saw two capuchin monkeys! The staff had a bottle of moscato spumante waiting for us with rose petals shaped like a heart on the bed. The room is very nice and the view is worth every penny!
This morning we ate breakfast on our balcony overlooking the pacific ocean. As soon as we were done eating we had some visitors show up. There were about 10-15 capuchin monkeys swinging from the trees in front of us. It was soo amazing! I guess they could smell the food. They are really cute and you will get to see pics soon. We thought we were going to have internet access in our room, but we dont. Hopefully tomorrow we can post a few. After eating breakfast we went on a sailing trip. It turned out to be a beautiful day...the first day of sun! Dave went snorkeling for the first time. The water was pretty murky, but the guides gave us some crackers to feed the fish. It was like a feeding frenzy. That experience was nice, but we both got a little sick when the catamaran floated in one spot while we "ate" lunch. We didn't get sick, but this nice Canadian lady gave us some dramamine.
Well we are off to a romantic candlelight dinner overlooking the ocean. Tomorrow we are on our own with mountain bikes and then an afternoon couples massage on our balcony!

Hey Everyone!
We are sorry that it has taken us this long to let you know we got here safe. We didn't have any problems getting to our B&B. They had a cab driver waiting for us, which was nice. We arrived in the afternoon around 2pm on our first day. That night we ate at a Peruvian restaurant and food was pretty good. The next morning we had breakfast here at the B&B...fried eggs, toast, and fresh fruit. And of course some good Costa Rican coffee! We went to La Paz waterfall gardens which had a hummingbird and butterfly sanctuary and 5 amazing waterfalls. The innkeepers made us dinner that night, which was nice and romantic. Today we visited a coffee plantation called Doka Estate. Tomorrow we leave for Manual Antonio. Check back late tomorrow for pictures..we will have internet access there.
Love,
Jodie and Dave

Jodie and Dave's Costa Rican Honeymoon

Here is our flight information:

Depart RDU 7:50am on Wednesday, October 18 flight # 1503
Arrive Charlotte, NC 8:43am

Depart Charlotte 11:15am flight # 1773
Arrive San Jose, Costa Rica 1:26pm

Depart San Jose, Costa Rica 3:15pm on Sunday, October 29 flight # 1852
Arrive Charlotte 8:27pm

Depart Charlotte 9:45 pm flight #1793
Arrive RDU 10:35pm

Hotel Information:

We arrive in San Jose, Costa Rica Wednesday, October 18 at 1:30pm. We are staying at the Vina Romantica (www.vinaromantica.com) Bed and Breakfast in Alajuela right outside of San Jose. We are staying for 3 nights and heading off to the coast for the rest of our trip.

We arrive in Manual Antonio Saturday, October 21st. We are taking a bus to get to the coast. We leave Alajuela at 8:45am on Saturday and arrive in Manuel Antonio around 12:30pm.

We are staying at the lovely Bed and Breakfast Mango Moon (www.mangomoon.net) for 8 nights.