I’m not sure Tamarindo will be my favorite place in Costa Rica, but it will be fine. I spent part of the morning and afternoon camped out on bean bags by the pool working on posts for the blog and reading a book. It was a pleasant way to spend part of the day after …
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Waterfall Swim
We had a lot of driving yesterday but a super fun activity! Our drive from La Fortuna to Tamarindo was about 4 hours, but we found a driver who was willing to take us to a waterfall on the way. I had planned for us to go to the Rio Celeste Waterfall. I’ve been there …
Spelunking
I am sunburned! We went swimming this morning. It was kind of cloudy and I wasn’t going to be out long, so I didn’t sunscreen. I’m going to pay for that. I’m going to soak in my hot springs pool tonight and hope the minerals will be good for my skin. I’m usually really careful, …
Rafting
I’m starting this message this morning before I’m too tired to write it. I’ve been falling asleep by 8:30 in the evening. I’m currently camped out on some comfortable deck furniture by the pool. I have a beautiful view of the volcano right beside me. Bill and I had breakfast this morning beside a German …
Sloth Watching
Hello All: Our trip to Costa Rica has started out pretty well. We are spending the first part of our trip near the Arenal Volcano. The volcano is right out our window so it’s a lovely view. We are in the center of Costa Rica and it took about three hours to get here from …
Winter 2023 Vacation
Hello All: Many of you know that Bill and I were supposed to go to Costa Rica for our winter vacation. A couple days before we were supposed to leave, my grandpa got sick and had to be hospitalized. There were no beds in the area, so he had to be moved to St. Louis …
Blog Update Information
All: You probably all got some posts from me today about out trip to Peru 4 years ago. Bill and I have told several people that all of the information about our Peru trip is on the blog. I discovered today that I didn’t have the blog when we were in Peru. We did updates, …
Colca Valley
We have made our journey to Colca! As you could probably tell by the quick update yesterday we are doing some relaxing!! I really enjoyed Arequipa. It was a nice city, other than it is within about two miles as the crow flys from an active volcano. According to our guide the evacuation plan is …
Arequipa
We got up at the crack of dawn to fly to Arequipa. It’s a lovely city between Cusco and the coast. The surrounding area is all desert. It’s pretty bleak! Bill finally got to eat guinea pig! I had grilled alpaca with quinoa. Mine was very good. I didn’t try the guinea pig! From Arequipa, …
Cusco and Machu Picchu
We made it out of Lima to Cusco, which is a very pretty city! I wish we’d had a little more time to spend there. Cusco is an old city built on top of Inca ruins. The streets are narrow and winding and the houses have clay tile roofs. It’s a wealthy city by Latin …
Traveling with Emily! 