OUR RETIRED ADVENTURE
qUEREMOS VIVIR AL SOL
KSha
Costa Rica is amazing! Beauty abounds.
Panama is "home" for now. Loving life!
South America is next! Columbia here we come.
Costa Rica is amazing! Beauty abounds.
Panama is "home" for now. Loving life!
South America is next! Columbia here we come.
Our stay in Samara was awesome, and actually we had an extra day that we forgot about--thought we had to leave on Saturday and we were one day off. Our new base will be Monteverde and it is in the mountains (elevation 4650'). You may remember that Samara is in the middle of the "horse's head" peninsula so we need to head inland and cross over the Golfo de Nicoya which is via the bridge in the set of pictures below...Bobby, it wasn't that bad. This portion of the trip was about 30 minutes into our 2 1/2 hour journey. Then things got interesting, well it depends on who you ask that question. Shortly after this section we begin to climb; and we don't stop climbing until we reach our hotel, Poco A Poco. It was partly cloudy/sunny at this point, but it wasn't long until the sun was not visible. This road was paved the whole way, but that didn't really ease anybody nerves as the tight corners and "oh shit, there's a pothole" made for active driving. Then we started getting closer to the clouds, yes I wrote that correctly. Oh, and then it started to rain... We came across a little "Coffee Shop" at the top of a rise and decided to stop for lunch, and see if the rain would let up. I don't want to be known as a "food blogger", but check out what we had for lunch; Cansado con pollo--Sharon and casado con cerdo for me. Cansado means "marriage", and in food-speak the beans and rice are 'married' with the choice of meat. This is a first for the fried egg, which is on top of the mound of rice. Fantastico! That jar of peppers, carrots and there's also hearts of palms in there that you see in the 2nd pic was hotter than a biscuit on fire! Yep, I went back for seconds and thirds. The rain let up after lunch, (for a little bit) and we headed out. We thought we were high in the mountains, but we kept going up (arriba)! We drove into the clouds, put on the flashers for safety and drove through multiple mini rain showers; all going about 25 mph as our top speed. At times it seemed as if we were about to drive into oblivion with a sharp corner and nothing but clouds ahead. Nevertheless, we made it to Poco A Poco without anyone losing their lunch. Once we checked in, with the clouds all around us but no rain, we wanted to check out the hotel grounds. We've got a covered pool with a swim up bar and a jacuzzi on the next level down from our room, and switchback walkways that take you there. We went exploring further and hesitated at what looked like a stone block path. One of the hotel crew pointed and said "sendero"; to which I pointed and repeated it with a hand motion to see if it was ok to keep going. With a nod and another "sendero" he sent us on. Now I'm not going to say I knew sendero was trail, but it sure seemed that was the case to both me and Sharon. This sendero weaved through a dense section of jungle right on the property! Note the rare photo of the elusive beautiful blonde retiree that I captured in the jungle. We emerged from the sendero, marveling at the natural beauty we had just walked through. We grabbed a couple of things from the store across from the hotel and had to scurry home as it started to rain again. Then it began to rain... We have our Canopy Tour tomorrow for some ziplining and a walk among the treetops on a suspension bridge to see the butterflies and hummingbirds in their natural habitats. Hope to have some good pictures to share from that adventure. Buenas noches!
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Maghan and Charles (NC Royals)
7/12/2021 01:52:00 pm
We are excited to hear what you think of the mountains compared to the coast. Love the photos! :)
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7/12/2021 07:30:11 pm
That was a great tour up to your next destination..It must be exciting not knowing what lies ahead. We*re sure that your pictures from your Canopy tour will be fantastic! So many different looking plants and trees!
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