COSTA RICA | Friday, 1 Feb 2008 | Views [1980]
We spent our next to last night in Costa Rica in the farming village of Upala in the NW part of the country, a good jumping off point for exploring the Cano Negro Refuge. We originally planned to spend the night in Liberia but since Connie flawlessly ... Read more >
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PANAMA | Saturday, 26 Jan 2008 | Views [1806]
We found a Subaru dealer in Panama City and got the Outback serviced. We have driven nearly 9,000 miles and with a little bit of luck (and the blessings of Sister Barbara of the Sisters of Mercy in Colon who was picking up her Subaru) this should get ... Read more >
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COSTA RICA | Saturday, 12 Jan 2008 | Views [2403]
From our seaside suite in Jaco (hock-o) we backtracked 25 miles to Parque Nacional Carara. We may have missed out on seeing the resplendent quetzal in Monteverde but we scored big here in Carara. The biggest prize is the scarlet macaw. Poaching ... Read more >
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COSTA RICA | Monday, 7 Jan 2008 | Views [2096]
The road from CA1 to Monteverde is rugged. The first 20 miles are paved followed by ten miles of rutted and potholed dirt. The last ten miles are really bad. Four-wheel-drive probably isn’t necessary but it does make one more confident. ... Read more >
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COSTA RICA | Monday, 31 Dec 2007 | Views [821]
Between Christmas and New Year’s Ticos, as Costa Ricans are known, take the week off and head for the beaches and the national parks. We had hoped to go from La Cruz to Laguna Arenal in the mountains but the hotels were full and it began to look ... Read more >
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MEXICO | Friday, 23 Nov 2007 | Views [573]
In a corner of the state of Michoacán, 10,000 feet above sea level, hundreds of millions of Monarch butterflies congregate to spend the winter. They come from Canada and the Midwest U.S. They begin their 5000 kilometer journey in summer and ... Read more >
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