Costa Rica Thanksgivng 2006

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Seeing this made the whole trip worth it! Chuck was afraid of this little guy! A pair of Scarlet Macaws Scarlet Macaw in flight A pair of Scarlet Macaws Macaw in flight Riverboat Crocodile This was encouraging... American Crocodile skin Sloth in the tree by the pool What bananas look like before they are bananas grasshopper Little girls with a puppy Internet Cafe red eye tree frog Anhinga bare throat herron Anhinga Anhinga Spectacled Caiman Boat billed herron Leaf cutter ants are so cool! Strawberry dart frog Sloth Another sloth! The river Basilisk hanging out View from plane Morning in the rainforest no clue what these are.. Nice looking bug of some sort...I'll check my field guide Arenal Volcano Lizard The Canopy beetle the deck A toucan looking at us! Little guy Flowers at Pura Vida Botanical gardens goofy monkey Playa Herradura Gorgeous sunset Trap door spider Oh gag! I almost threw up when I saw THIS! Cool bug! Toad by the pool These guys were CrAzY! Oh and good morning to you too! These guys pretty much attacked the boat! Shopping night! Masks in a shop The national flower...purple orchid Weird flower Owl butterfly Monarch Butterflies....so many flavors! Hummingbird Green snake Sloth with a baby Tree chicken Haleconia Cajuelas...for picking coffee beans Costa Rican Traffic jam walkway in the treetops an abandoned house Painting of a macaw...not for sale (darn) Fisherman Jaco Beach at the hotel Our cabina in Manuel Antonio Chuck Mural To our room Roseate spoonbils What is it with the wrecked planes in the middle of the jungle?! On our roof! On the way to the pool Whoa! Feeding the croc chicken View of Manuel Antonio from our room Green heron Turkey Vulture Sunset in Manuel Antonio One of our guides Tram Big croc At the tram tour Plane/bar in the middle of the jungle?! Inside of the plane/bar black iguana Cockpit Bananas Park entrance SSSSSSSSSnakes! Students on their way to school Surf shop in paradise (Manuel Antonio) Can I keep him? Pleeeeeeeez? The view from our room The sign says it all! the office at Costa Verde A spider outside our Cabina Leaf cutter ant crosswalk The fog rolls in.... our view from our cabina right before the killer rain storm Islands off the coast Playa Herradura The view at Pura Vida Botanical gardens Flower at Pura Vida Botanical gardens Cutting up fruit for the tourists! Cool tree at Pura Vida Botanical gardens Flower at Pura Vida Botanical gardens Believe me, I did! Flower at Pura Vida Botanical gardens My two new favorite things ....salsa lizano and Imperial beer! Hiking to the waterfall Mr. Crabs in the Mangrove This macaw would not leave me alone! Flowers at Pura Vida Botanical gardens My future driveway Baby Cattle checking us out Playa Hermosa=good surf spot Black and green dart frog Mangrove snake Playa Hermosa Creative towel folding Wimbrels in the mangroves The infamous fer de lance Chuck being silly Owl butterfly (huge!) Wild boa in a tree Haleconia Gaudy leaf frog Misift frog White faced monkey Black and green dart frog White face monkey Butterflies about to hatch Creative towel folding by the maids Me studying my field guide A mural on the bathouse Walking up to the Canopy tour There goes Chuck! Chuck getting ready to zipline Me on the zipline