My folks took us to Costa Rica this past winter! It was my family, my sister’s family, and my parents. I posted a video from our day trip in the jungle, but that was it. But here are the photos from the trip:
The next day was our big excursion. We hired a driver and a tour guide to take us through the rainforest. He first pulled over to a roadside stand and picked us up some treats, including this huge “elephant ear” (much like what my mom makes, but I think this was fried instead of baked, and it was HUGE):
I shared, don’t worry.
At a waterfall!
My sister and her kids.
The grandkids.
The kids down the stream from the waterfall.
Prepping at another stop - chatting with the parrots...
...near the base of a volcano.
A sloth!
A tree frog.
And a poison dart frog!
Fresh watermelon after that outing.
And a goodbye from the parrot.
Our next stop was deeper into the rainforest. We were going to climb across some private suspension bridges. We started on some heavily wooded trails:
Crossing above the trees!...
...and heading down to a waterfall!
Our whole gang. Mom and Dad stayed back, and so did Dave.
Looking up at the waterfall, you can see the bridge we crossed HIGH above it!
Selfie on the bridge on the way back.
Tour guide Manny leading the way!
At a smaller waterfall.
Henry up there!
All of us boys!
Our next stop was a natural hot spring, sauna, and mud bath!
Here we are getting all mudded up!
A few natural steam vents behind us.
(Think “Yellowstone” on a much smaller scale.)
My sister’s fam.
Walking among the steam vents as our mud dried.
Sis and my wife.
Three of the kids before washing off the mud.
Charlie was already rinsed and in the COLDEST of the 3 tubs.
The showers were inappropriate.
INAPPROPRIATE!
This lady STOOD in the tub we got our mud out of for at least 20 minutes!
She was entertaining us from a distance. And grossing us out.
In the hottest hot tub. Naturally heated from the volcano. So nice!
All of us!
Driving past the volcano again.
At an amazing little outdoor supper as our last stop.
SO GOOD.
A quiet ride back.
Again,
here's a 1 minute video with highlights from our jungle excursion! That was a full and fun day!
The next morning we headed just down the road to go zip-lining! We stayed in one of 2 Riu resorts that were side-by-side, and here at the zip-lining place, you could see ours to the left in the distance (more white) and the other one to the right (more off-white):
And here's a 2 minute recap of the entire trip:
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