We made it home! Oh, but we didn’t want to come home at all. A few more days at Manuel Antonio National Park would have been so nice but * sigh * we had to come back to the real world. If you ever come to Costa Rica, the place to go is Manuel Antonio. It is just simply beautiful – awesome beaches, lots of wildlife, and great rainforest hikes. We stayed at the Costa Verde Hotel from Saturday to Tuesday and were not disappointed in the least bit. The park is closed on Mondays so we actually spent all of Monday at the hotel and had a great time just hanging out there and swimming in the pool. Actually, other than visiting the park, we didn’t leave the hotel at all. There is a great restaurant there and we saw lots of monkeys while eating and enjoying a breathtaking ocean view. Brooklyn was pretty crazy about the monkeys. By the third day, they had gotten pretty brave and were actually sitting at the tables and even peeking in at the chef as he cooked! We were able to see lots of wildlife – squirrel monkeys, howler monkeys, white-faced capuchin monkeys, large iguanas and lizards (who said dinosaurs are extinct?), an armadillo, a three-toed sloth, a raccoon, red-headed woodpecker, a white ibis (bird), a snake (a tiny one, praise the Lord), a crazy-looking spider (not so tiny) and a coati (related to raccoons). That was the wildlife we saw…something tells me there was a lot more out there watching us than what we saw!
We arrived on Saturday after an uneventful ride on the bus from San Jose. We checked into the hotel and after relaxing for a while, we went to the beach. Brooklyn and I nearly got washed out to sea (that will be another blog soon since I know you all enjoy reading about the Misadventures of Rebecca Cannon and this is a good one) and we got sand in every crevice of our bodies. Sean and I pretty much decided that the beach isn’t much fun with a toddler. Don’t get me wrong, Brooklyn loves the beach….especially the sand. Clean-up afterwards and the screaming that goes with it really outweighs the fun hour we had at the beach.
On Sunday we went into Manuel Antonio Park. It was so awesome. We walked along white sand beaches and then hiked through the dense jungle to a great overlook. This is where we saw a lot of the wildlife. Sean got some great pictures and we had a great time. Brooklyn was very good about hiking along with us or riding on Dad’s shoulders. She was pretty tired by noon or so and we went back to the hotel to rest, take a nap, and swim in the pool.
Monday we just sat in our nice air-conditioned room and played at the pool. The park was closed. We could have gone into the town of Quepos to do some shopping or looking around but it was really nice to sit and do nothing. Our room had a TV (we don’t have one at home) so we watched a lot of the Discovery Channel (in English)!
Tuesday we came home. We were able to get very cheap tickets to fly home. This was probably Sean’s favorite part! We flew in a Cessna Caravan, for those of you are interested in that kind of thing. Basically all Sean said the entire time was “This is awesome!” Nobody could ever accuse my husband of lacking the passion to fly! Anyway, the trip that took us 3 hours in a bus took just 20 minutes on the plane. I must admit flying really is the way to go!
Well, in a nutshell, there is our trip! I’ve posted some pictures from the trip as well. Stay tuned for more…I know you are all waiting on pins and needles for the next edition of “The Misadventures of Rebecca Cannon”. At the moment, I am still healing both physically and emotionally from my most recent adventures. I’m just not ready to talk about it,so it will have to wait for another day!
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