#2613 back from Costa Rica

 

Pura vida, friends! I am back from a week in Costa Rica, and let me just tell you, it was fantastic! The country is so beautiful and so full of life. Being there was nothing like I expected and everything I hoped it would be. I had prepared myself for being wet from constant rain. The reality was that although it did rain every day while we were in the Arenal area, the showers were mostly for a short period of time, then it was over. I hoped that my sister and I would have the opportunity to sit poolside, taking in the sun, and we absolutely were able to do that. I hoped that the excursions and transfers would be hassle-free, and they totally were. The only thing I spent any time worrying about was not walking too near or touching any trees because of snakes. (I was warned not to walk too near or touch any trees by the guides, so I wasn’t making that up!)

Lizzie wrote on her blog every day of our trip. If you want to read about our daily adventures, please check out  http://www.meetinggrace.com/ She is a fantastic writer and has posted lots of photos as well. 

Over the next several days, I’ll be reminiscing about the trip here, covering stuff like why I didn’t need to pack as much stuff as I did, food, hotel info, micro-memories, and other miscellaneous stuff. I’ll post photos too. To start with, the photo at the top of this post is me sitting pool-side at the Kioro Hotel at the base of Arenal volcano. That’s her over my shoulder, showing off all her gorgeousness. Seriously, that volcano is enormously photogenic. I’ll have to count how many photos of I have of her in various states of cloud cover. I remember rhetorically asking how many photos I actually needed of Arenal. One of our guides, Francisco, heard me and said, “Probably a thousand!” I don’t have a thousand, but there are a lot.

There is a question I’ve already been asked a few times, so I’ll just cover it right now. The question, of course, is “What was your favorite thing about Costa Rica?” Truly, I loved everything about the trip and my very most favorite thing about it was being with my sister. We had so much fun! I totally loved sharing the experiences with her. I did not get tired of being around her or ever wish that we could split up for a bit of alone time, which is pretty unusual for me because I like my space. As much as I like going places with MT, my sister is pretty much my ideal travel companion, probably because we are alike in so many ways. Plus, she’s just damn cool!