Buenas Tardes I just wrote a really long story for the blog and now just lost it all, so starting over again. It has been raining on & off today, cools the day down alot. Planned my spanish class with Bernarda for 11:00 AM Tuesday with the girls here (3 of us), others are more advanced. Excited about that. Already went to Cuidad Colon down the hill for some groceries and nice walk, great coffee, boy was I achy this morning from all the walking over the weekend, up hills, steep staircases, and swimming, wow. I like the excersise without saying its excersise.
Weekend on the west coast was fabulous!!! (left to right, Alice, me, Susan & Dina) Went to Quepos and Manuel Antonio Park 
was our destination. Three & half hours on the autobus was great seeing the landscape of steep hills of sap green peaked mountains and cyan hills, cobalt skies. We arrived at the Hotel Plinio, a tree-house like place with hammocks and tropical flowers, plants with leaves as big as I am. The hotel built tall along a side of mountain out of tree trunks, only screened in rooms, it had 3 levels, living area on 1st, beds on 2nd, up spiral stairs to deck with hammock and view of ocean, about 10 mins by bus (50 cents to ride bus) to beach. Public beach was first to spend time on Friday afternoon, colorful wares of jewelry, sarongs, beach towels, very touristy. I did not expect that but then on Saturday we went to Manuel Antonio Park. Trails in the jungle with the most pristine, quiet beaches. 
Monkeys, iguanas, sloths (furry kola-like), racoons, & geckos. The monkeys were fascinating to watch fly through the trees and the sloths climbing very slowly up tree trunks. You could hear howling monkeys in the jungle there and at night at the hotel too. Eeiry. Got some great shots of the monkeys on the beach, they did steal some fruit from someones bags. Amazing to watch at such close distance these wild animals just roaming around, large iguanas too, sunning themselves like in a movie. I feel like I am in a movie.
was our destination. Three & half hours on the autobus was great seeing the landscape of steep hills of sap green peaked mountains and cyan hills, cobalt skies. We arrived at the Hotel Plinio, a tree-house like place with hammocks and tropical flowers, plants with leaves as big as I am. The hotel built tall along a side of mountain out of tree trunks, only screened in rooms, it had 3 levels, living area on 1st, beds on 2nd, up spiral stairs to deck with hammock and view of ocean, about 10 mins by bus (50 cents to ride bus) to beach. Public beach was first to spend time on Friday afternoon, colorful wares of jewelry, sarongs, beach towels, very touristy. I did not expect that but then on Saturday we went to Manuel Antonio Park. Trails in the jungle with the most pristine, quiet beaches. 
Monkeys, iguanas, sloths (furry kola-like), racoons, & geckos. The monkeys were fascinating to watch fly through the trees and the sloths climbing very slowly up tree trunks. You could hear howling monkeys in the jungle there and at night at the hotel too. Eeiry. Got some great shots of the monkeys on the beach, they did steal some fruit from someones bags. Amazing to watch at such close distance these wild animals just roaming around, large iguanas too, sunning themselves like in a movie. I feel like I am in a movie.I bought a poqueno piece of Chorotega pottery from local indigenous group at the beach. Earth-tones and traditional iguana design. Time for y boca (snack).
