Adventuras con Hannah y Chad

                                "Qúe maravilloso" was our vacation with Hannah and Chad!

"Como siempre", like always, we returned from vacation and hit the ground running!  Hannah and Chad left a week ago, and while it seems like a long time ago, we cherished our time together and saw many new parts of Costa Rica.  I'll start with the vacation and work backwards into December!

Here are highlights of our trip:

Chad kayaked and we rafted the lower part of the Rio Pacaure, which, when it's running at its highest, is world class.  Lucky for us, it wasn't running at its highest, but we did get to experience many sets of Class 4 rapids and saw many beautiful waterfalls.  We didn't lose anyone from our raft, which was our goal, and we had a nice blend of cruising and paddling!  I don't have pictures from the raft trip because I didn't take my camera, so I'll post those later after Hannah sends me pics from the GoPro.

Chad was in 7th Heaven with a kayak paddle in hand and seat in the kayak!  Bring it on!

Pretty gardens and ruins we saw in Cartago.

We spent one night in the beautiful home of friends of Hannah and Chad's, (Jane and Ryan) in Dominical.  The views were spectacular and the company even better!

Sites from our hikes in the Osa Peninsula.

Fica tree (and Hannah)

This is some of the wildlife we spotted.

Unidentified species of grasshopper?

The male and female homosapien species.

The banana tree spider (and Chad).

Didn't get pictures of the monkeys, anteater, scarlet macaws or toucans, but those were among the cool birds and animals we found along the trails of Corcovado National Park and other trails.

Spent the night in this tent cabin: mattress on floor, flowers on pillows :)

Views from our tent cabin.

We hiked in and out of the jungle and along the beach for 10 miles in Corcovado. There wasn't much dawdling, because we had to catch a boat at 1230.

Whale skeleton

It's hard to hike in sand; but we did our best to keep up with our guide.

A neotropic cormorant.

After arriving to Drake Bay, our last destination on the Osa Peninsula, we enjoyed a slower pace of hiking, canoeing, kayaking and swimming along the shore and in the Rio Claro.

We jumped into the river from a few prime spots a few times too!

There was always an adventure awaiting us!

And finally, the shoes tell the story of the end; worn out!