Our day began with, yep you guessed it, coffee on the balcony, and a whole lot of nothing tranquil relaxation. We were both a little pink from the pool so we figured a day with less sun would be wise. There is a Costa Rica travel guide here in our condo and I saw that there was a waterfall about an hours drive from our condo that does not cost to see. ***Just about everything to see and do here costs $, something free is a rare find from what I can tell. We hopped in the car and sett off for the falls.
Our SWEET ride. Thanks Jeremy for driving me all over Costa Rica! You are too sweet, I know you hate driving but you do it anyways....love ya!
One thing we have found is that since everything costs here, the tourists just expect to pay for all sorts of services. There are security guards in many parking lots here, they are supposed to make sure your car does not get broken into. When you park and leave it is pretty standard to tip them. I am all for tipping when it is neccesary but we have found that random people will "act" like security guards or say that you are parking in a national park and therefore it costs to park there. Not so...just little scammers! We turned into the "free" waterfall road and a woman standing at the bus stop with her daughter waved us down and tried to charge us to drive down the road. HA..good thing I had my travel guide with me, pointed and said. "no dinero", she then smiled and walked away. When we got into the parking lot a guy walked up to the car, stood there and waited for us to get out, and then tried to charge us. He was a little mor official though, he actually had a small receipt book with him so it looked more legit. I said the same thing to him and he smiled and walked away. Twice in ten minutes!!! Pepperds 2/ Scammers 0 When the book says it's free, it's free gosh darn it!!!!
After all that was taken care of, we hiked down this little trail down to the falls. They were so big and wide. It was an awesome little find.
Llano de Cortes
I figured this would be a great time to do a little foolin with my camera and all of it's settings. I wandered around and took pictures changed the settings and took more pictures. I love this one of Jeremy sitting in the sun admiring the falls. He is just so stinking handsome!
While exploring I came across these guys.....
When I started to see creatures, Jeremy took interest and the camera and started snapping away. He kept telling me to stand here and there....
After a while we were both silently thinking that we had seen all that we had come to see and that maybe we should make our way back up to the car, and then we saw these.....up above the waterfall in the trees.
MONKEYS!!!!!
Lots of them, it was like they were migrating through, there were probably at least 50+, one right after another hopping from tree to tree.
This guy was a bit of a showoff, he stopped, looked over the edge at all of us tourists, and then proceded to give us a show. He kept jumping tree to tree closer and closer to all of us. The rest of the monkeys stayed up top, but he came down and around...the long way!
He's getting closer!
This one is blurry (they are fast little guys) but it shows you just how close he came. No editing done.
After all the exitement a local guy saw how many pictures we were taking and offered to take one of the both of us. Definately a downfall of vacationing just the two of us, only one person at a time in the shot! I am absolutely in love with this picture though! It came out great!!!! Thanks local guy......
After he took a few pictures for us he told us that the monkey would come around and be in the trees on the trail back up too the parking lot or up above by the parking lot. We decided to go on a monkey hunt!
Headed back up the trail.... on the lookout for monkeys!
Going bananas for MONKEYS!!!
WHen we got all the way back up the trail and into the parking lot without seeing any more monkeys a little girl pointed us in the direction of this trail....
Where are the monkeys?
We never found them, but we did end up at the top of the falls. It was pretty spectacular from this vantage point too.
We called off the monkey hunt and headed home. The drive home was nice, long conversations, beautiful
sunsets and CATTLE in the middle of the road!!!
On our way home we stopped in Flamingo for a "Happy Hour" drink and an appetizer ceviche. After the long day we decided to make one more stop in Brasilito for dinner. Il Forno was the restaurant choice tonight and we were more than pleased! It was actually reasonable prices, (everything here has been as expensive or more than home) cheaper than home, good food, nice people, and great atmosphere. We will definately be going back. While waiting for our food, the couple at the next table interrupted our conversation and said that they had a personal bet going whether or not we were newlyweds! HA!!! I am so thankful that after 11 yaears of marriage and three kids we love each other enough to be mistaken for newlyweds!!! Love ya babe! Finished off the night at home.
Jeremy posted an ad on Craigslist asking for fishing info and he has been corresponding with several boats, and local fisherman, we shall see what happens! Here's hoping! Where there's a will there is a way!
Miss you all
until next time....Pura Vida!
2 comments:
I love this post! um...yeah... your picture of the two of you is AMAZING! Fun, so fun. I love that you took off after the monkey. i would have totally been with you on that. Also love that you took so many pictures.
Amazing photos. The one of the two of you is great! Sounds like an absolutely perfect time of reconnecting.
I've been thinking about you quite a bit as I was working on Sarah Palin's book the last couple weeks. I learned quite a bit about Alaska.
Have a fun rest of the time!
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