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COSTA RICA
November 2006

San Jose

Several blocks are closed to auto traffic
Walking Street - Central Blvd 		Photographed from Aveneda Segunda and Calle 5
National Theater

I spent a couple of days shopping in downtown San Jose
Street scene 		Hotel (background) and legal brothel (forground)
Del Mar Complex

CARIBBEAN COAST
Puerto Viejo

Puerto Viejo was originally a small fishing village
Rasta boat 		In the village there are Rastas, tourists, Hispanics, indigenous natives, Chinese, Afro-Americans, and ravenous mosquitos!
Rasta house

Colorful birds sang in the yard all day
Bird in the yard 		I found this jungle path while exploring on a rented bicycle
Jungle path

The jungle was also full of singing birds and insects
Jungle tangle 		I followed this little tree frog around until it jumped onto my finger
Famous red frog

Unusual wild flowers were growing all along the path
Tropical wild flower 		This was the first time I'd ever seen ginger growing wild
Wild ginger

Manzanillo

Fresh water flowing out of the jungle
Stream entering the sea 		At this point, I was not far from the border with Panama
End of the beach

Side Trip to Panama

There were lots of shoes for sale
Border town of Sixaola 		I walked over the Sixaola River into Panama
Border crossing from Sixaola

I caught a tourist bus at the border, just for the round trip ride
Almirante 		The bus took tourists to the river landing where you could continue to Bocas del Toro Island
Almirante

On my bus trip I saw several of these banana plantaions
Banana processing plant 		An old train bridge was converted so that cars and trucks could pass over boards covering the rails
Border crossing back to Costa Rica

PACIFIC COAST OF COSTA RICA
Manuel Antonio

The Casa Linda was only $10 a night
My hotel 		There was lots of material with batik designs and great hand painted T-shirts
Street vendors

Manuel Antonio National Park

Part of the park is a peninsula of volcanic rock with beaches on either side
Beach in the park 		The path was not maintained, wet, slipery and hazardous, so I spent most of the time just watching my step
Path through the park

This is an endangered variety of squirrel monkey
Squirrel Monkey 		For the health of the monkeys you are instructed never to feed them
Double trouble

The beaches in the park are the best
Park beach 		The lava rocks were facinating
Rock formation

ARENAL VOLCANO

This central park is where you catch the bus
Arenal from La Fortuna 		Arenal Volcano was shrouded in clouds most of the time
Arenal in the clouds

The La Fortuna side of the volcano was not active
Lava flows in the mist 		We watched the lava flows until it rained and then we swam in the hot, spring-fed river in Baldi
Lava flow at night


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