With Dawn & David
March 17th–March 25th, 2016
    • Owls
      • This iguana is outside a cage, not in it.
      • Pelican drying his feathers
      • Smile! A big crocodile.
      • Lurk, lurk.
      • The turtle is digging a hole to lay her eggs.
      • Giant Bamboo, not a native species.
        • Emus, another guest species
        • Iguana roamed freely, looking terribly prehistoric.
        • There are four species of monkey found in Costa Rica.
        • Agouti, also running wild.
        • Pheasant
        • More typical pheasant
        • Some of our fellow travelers.
        • The oxcart in the Guinness Book of World Records.
        • And we visited the oxcart factory, the oldest in the country. It still uses old techniques.
          • Another belt driven factory, powered by a water wheel.
            • Craftsman at work
            • Some of his work.
            • So many bright colors
              • The classic mural again.
              • Lunch at the factory.
              • We stopped at a village for a snack, on our way north.
              • These churches were prefabricated out of metal and shipped into the country. Bang on them and they sound tinny.
              • …with a beautiful painted interior.
                • Our next hotel, a resort near the Arenal Volcano
                • The Arenal Volcano, shrouded in clouds
                • Our little cottage
                • With a tropically themed oil painting and privacy
                • The pool and hot springs. What pleasure to soak for hours.
                • Off to our first boat ride. Banana plants. The bananas are wrapped in plastic to protect them from the elements.
                • All kinds of milk cows. In the U.S. they just raise Holsteins.
                • A gathering of wild iguanas by the roadside. Many people stopped to look.
                • National pasttime
                  • Street 2, Avenue 0.
                  • Guide on the boat through the jungle—very hot.
                  • There were many wild birds along the shore.