Christmas break came around again this year so we decided to get out of town. With our two-for-one ticket on … More

Costa Rica has some beautiful currency. Full color with indigenous animals and oh yes, political figures from history. The exchange … More

Costa Rica is a very clean beautiful country. The people are generous, helpful, and extremely friendly. We wanted to see … More

We visited local mercado to see what the locals were purchasing. This was not a tourist market, but the local … More

Downtown San Jose street that is for pedestrians only. Street stalls appear and disappear before your eyes as the cops … More

The architecture of San Jose is a mixture off French and Spanish architectural styles. Here are some of the major … More

China has an interesting relationship with Costa Rica. Our guide during our walking tour of San Jose told us that … More

This school building was manufactured in Belgium in the late 1800s and brought to Costa Rica as a numbered kit … More

I guess the hula hooping craze has gone international. Came across this woman in a local park conducting a hula … More

There is very little graffiti in San Jose and the surrounding countryside. The government has made it a stiff crime … More

This was Costa Rica’s version of Comic-Con. Yea, it was kinda cheesy, but the people were having fun. The guy … More

Looked for the bathroom in our hotel and this was the hallway. The Americanization of the world. Yikes!!!

As an amateur photographer, one of my most interesting subjects are local plants. Here are just a few of the … More

Visited a coffee plantation that grows high-end coffee for the international markets. Three pickings are done over a four-month period. … More

On one of our tours we visited a small bird sanctuary. It was raining and the lighting was poor, but … More

Along with the bird sanctuary, they had a butterfly room. The variety wasn’t what I was expecting for Costa Rica, … More

Along with the small sample of birds the park had a separate open-air feeding station for hummingbirds. Unless you have … More

This was probably one of the saddest things to see on our entire trip. The king of the Latin American … More

Orchids generally grow all year long in certain climates – the jungle. But on this tour, most of the orchids … More

We went on a hike in the jungle tour to the three falls. Beautiful jungle with roaring falls of 160, … More

This was our suite at the Westin Resort at Playa Conchal where we stayed for a few days. We had … More

I love iguanas! I’ve never had one as a pet nor have I ever touched one. They are magnificent prehistoric … More

This iguana was the king of the world at the pond. He had his own rock and particular tree on … More

I experienced a bizarre life and death event at the iguana pond. I was standing on the shore when suddenly … More

The coatimundi is the raccoon/rat of the jungle. They are fearless and are used to humans. At the resort the … More

Howler monkeys are one of the resident species in the jungles of Costa Rica. They often fill the jungle and … More

This egret lived at the resort pond and strutted around all day searching for edibles and occasionally flapped and flew … More

The beaches on the northern coast of Costa Rica are some of the most beautiful I have ever seen. They … More

We rented this villa for a few days near the beach and expected a tranquil setting. What we got was … More