Costa Rica - Friday, February 26, 2016

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This morning we were on the road again. Our first stop was at the Monteverde Cooperative where we sampled their cheeses and enjoyed some superb ice cream. Then we drove some more until we reached the Tarcoles River where we stopped for lunch at a restaurant where the highway crosses the river. After lunch we crossed the river and saw a lot of crocodiles along the banks. The river and crocodiles should be familiar to our boating friends as it is on th way to Jaco Beach.

After lunch our driver took us down some roads that went upriver. A few minutes later we stopped at a place where we got on a boat for a nature cruise on the same river, adjacent to the Carara Biological Reserve. During the cruise we saw several more crocodiles and lots of birds. The preserve is a tropical bird and wildlife sanctuary and a nesting site for the scarlet macaw. We then continued our drive to Hotel San Bada at the entrance to Manuel Antonio National Park.

Chuck's photos were taken with his Nikon D3300 camera. Nancy's were taken with her Panasonic Lumix DCM-TS3 camera.


Swallows

Gulf of Nicoya
from International Bridge

Marimba player at
restaurant

Crocodiles on the Rio Tarcoles

Tarcoles River Cruise

Tarcoles River Cruise

Tarcoles River Cruise
Night Heron

Tarcoles River Cruise
Osprey

Tarcoles River Cruise
Osprey

Tarcoles River Cruise
Crocodile

Tarcoles River Cruise
Big Crocodile

Tarcoles River Cruise
Big Crocodile

Tarcoles River Cruise
Great Kiskadee

Tarcoles River Cruise
Snowy Egret

Tarcoles River Cruise

Tarcoles River Cruise

Tarcoles River Cruise
Crocodile

Tarcoles River Cruise
Anhinga

Tarcoles River Cruise
Black-necked Stilt

Tarcoles River Cruise
Great Egret and
Little Blue Heron

Tarcoles River Cruise

Tarcoles River Cruise
Bare-throated Tiger Heron

Tarcoles River Cruise
Yellow-headed Caracara

Tarcoles River Cruise
Anhinga

Tarcoles River Cruise
Whimbrel

Tarcoles River Cruise
Great Blue Heron

Hotel San Bada

Hotel San Bada

Hotel San Bada

Hotel San Bada

Hotel San Bada

Sunset photo by Chuck

Sunset photo by Chuck

Sunset photo by Chuck

Sunset photo by Chuck

Sunset photo by Chuck

Sunset photo by Chuck

Sunset photo by Nancy

Sunset photo by Nancy

Sunset photo by Nancy

Sunset photo by Nancy

Sunset photo by Nancy

Sunset photo by Nancy

Sunset photo by Nancy

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