Monteverde, Costa Rica – After spending a wonderful day yesterday on our own at the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Daddio and I decided to spend today exploring our immediate environs with the twins. We just walked along the road, heading from our villa toward…
Monteverde, Costa Rica – Welcome to the cloud forest. This is what the sky looked like at sunset yesterday. And this is what it looked like this afternoon. Amazing! We spent the day getting settled in our new…
La Garita, Costa Rica – En route to our `new’ Costa Rica house, we stopped at Zoo Ave, a zoo and rescue center. Contrary to its name, it’s not only for the birds. I’m pretty sure the twins’ highlight was…
Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui – A wildlife cruise down the Rio Sarapiqui is supposed to be one of the Top Five Things to Do with Kids in Costa Rica, according to somebody who is supposed to know. The thing is,…
Sitio de Mata, Costa Rica – We will be in Costa Rica for almost five weeks, staying in four different parts of the country. If all goes well, each region (and each house we have rented) has its own unique…
Central Valley, Costa Rica – Besides treating the family to a fabulous adventure, I am also researching a guidebook. Supposedly. I have to admit I’ve gotten a slow start. In fact, we might be moving backwards. Twin V has been…
Sitio de Mata, Costa Rica – Travel days are never easy, and yesterday was no exception. But I am pleased to report that we survived two airplane flights and a two-hour drive and we are now comfortably settled in our…
One week from today, we will be on our way to Costa Rica. We will have a little more than a month to climb volcanoes, explore the cloud forest, spy on monkeys, soak in hot springs and play at the…