Costa Rica! Arenal, Manuel Antonia, Santa Teresa

[Ryanmb21]

Not really an expedition but it was an adventure! My wife and some close friends toured Costa Rica in a rented Mitsubishi Montero diesel ending in Santa Teresa for a friends wedding.

Costa Rica blew us away, what a place!

We wrote a few blog posts if you are interested to take a look:

Costa Rica | Vol. 1 | Arenal (link)

Costa Rica | Vol. 2 | Manuel Antonio (link)

Costa Rica | Vol. 3 | Santa Teresa (link)

Costa Rica | Vol. 4 | The Wedding Finale! (link)

 

[tanglefoot]

Great photographs! My sloth picture was not nearly that close-up. More of a blur of fur seen from the ground. I miss CR! We rented a Prado diesel and it was so fun to drive.

Thanks for posting,

Eric

 

[Awkragt]

We really enjoyed our drive through Costa Rica in Dec 08. We rented a little 4wd Diahatsu. We had spent 4 months in Costa Rica seeing various stuff reachable by bus from our base in Atenas.

Even with the stiff fee and expensive guides Manuel Antonio is really a cool park. So many animals on a little 1 mile walk.

Other highlights:
Turtles at Playa Grande
Dirt roads and empty beaches on the Nicoya pennisula
Seeing Lava come out of Arenal at night
SkyTrek ziplines at Arenal blew my mind

http://kragt.blogspot.com/2008/12/last-day-of-work-and-trip.html

 

[LaOutbackTrail]

Awesome photos. My wife and I are looking at buying land/house around La Fortuna.

 

[zjsheller]

Fantastic photos! They really show some of the diversity of CR. You could make post-cards out of any of them.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Toyotero]

Excellent photos!

 

[zidaro]

Thanks ryan,
enjoyed the blog.
Was in Costa Rica last Spring and enjoyed reliving some of it. Manuel Antonio is nice.