In lue of our 10 year anniversary in knew we wanted to go on a trip and decided on Costa Rica! Our anniversary isn't until Nov., but this was the best time for us to get child care.
Neither on of us had been to Costa Rica and we wanted to go somewhere remarkable, and it did not disappoint! We bought a vacation club last year and it has a resort in Costa Rica, it offered a few options on how to get from the airport to Quepos, which is about 2 1/2 hours away. We decided to rent a car...
If any of you watch the amazing race, think of what it looks like on t.v. when they are driving in India or other 3rd world countries, and that was us! We ended up getting lost in downtown San Jose for 2 hours, it was quite the introduction to the country. We finally pulled into a gas station and got directions back to the expressway.
We finally found the expressway and decided to enjoy our scenery while driving to our destination.
After being in the car for 5 hours we made it to our resort. The condos were great, full kitchen, dining area, balcony, two bedrooms and two bathrooms. It was a great place to spend a week, just the two of us.
The resort had an awesome pool, a restaurant, tons of coconut trees, and tennis courts
All the restaurants in Costa Rica are outdoor, so you get visitors from time to time.
We borrowed Dave's sisters underwater camera and it was great to have, we have to get one.
Who doesn't love doing hand stands!
We were there during the rainy season so almost like clock work it would rain everyday around 1:30 pm. It wasn't cold or harsh so we just kept swimming.
The resort orgainized different activities to do everyday, the first day we went zip-lining.
Everyone else staying at the resort either has a time share or the same vacation club that we have. We met this great couple that is from Oklahoma celebrating their 30 year anniversary.
Believe it or not those are the roots of the tree and they stretch through the canopy to try to find the light.
The Zip-line was awesome! We did 10 different lines, two free repels, meaning just you and the rope, and a Tarzan swing.
They also had a butterfly farm there
One of the flowers there that looked like a torch
I guess I messed up and these are in reverse order.
Cool looking airport, getting ready to head back to the USA.
We were there over Dave's birthday and we celebrated at a really cool restaurant with an amazing view.
The restaurant was called "El Avion", it was built around a plane
Our last full day there we drove up the coast and found some secluded beaches
On our drive we saw the crocodile bridge, tons of crocs just hanging out next to the river
Our guide from our river rafting trip made this grass hopper out of a coconut tree leaf
On the river rafting trip we ate lunch on the river and learned more about the history
They took us to this amazing waterfall
Dave under the water fall, it was really powerful
This is what most of the houses look like in the little towns around the country
Yeah!!!
I was just sitting taking a picture and then...
bam, here comes the wave
Just like on survivior
The water was the perfect temperature
The scenery was just breath taking, almost unreal
These are the same monkeys they use in a lot of movies, they also come right up to the beach and get into your bag if your not careful.
Here's a sloth
Howler monkey
All the these plants and insects were seen in the National park
It was such a great trip! Being able to spend so much one on one time together was a dream come true. We are so thankful for everyone that helped out with the kids.
1 comment:
Looks like a blast! I have a cousin that lived there for a little over a year recently and he was always posting cool pictures on facebook. Those monkeys remind me of when Jason and I were in Cancun. They were everywhere! I love fun, tropical places! :)
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