Monthly Archives: January 2010

A couple of days ago, Maureen and I decided to walk down to the Farmer’s Market to see what we could buy.  Of course, I took the camera along.  While walking to the market, I decided that it would be … Continue reading →

Well, we decided to take another adventure and take a small boat with a guide down the Tarcoles River with the hopes of spotting a crocodile.  We did a similar trip in Mexico but really didn’t see much in terms … Continue reading →

A few days ago, we decided to push it for walking distance.  First we walked all the way to the end of the town, a good three kilometres and then took a trail heading up a small mountain that is … Continue reading →

I thought it would be good to start off this post with a photo of the beach we took from the side of a mountain on one of our hikes.  As you can probably guess, this post is all about … Continue reading →

Well, as the title tells you, this post if for the birds.  I am posting fifteen different photos of birds we have seen.  Well, we have seen more, but they didn’t all sit still in order to have their photo … Continue reading →

Well, we are filling our days more than we ever did in Mexico.  Every day we find ourselves taking long walks in hopes of finding something new to see, some new scene or vista, some new flower or bird or … Continue reading →

With our visit to the coffee plantation done, we drove on through the low mountains which, as you can see, are dotted with small plots of coffee fields towards the Poas Volcano.  We often found ourselves driving through misty clouds … Continue reading →

Here’s a picture of the whole beach, all three kilometres of it.  I have indicated where our villa is located (behind the trees that edge the beach) with a red arrow.  It’s kind of small, but you can find it … Continue reading →

Welcome to Playa Jacó!  The yellow circle indicates where our little villa is located in the small city of Jacó. And this is our little home away from home for this winter.  It is small but pleasant and meets our … Continue reading →

The mountains around San Jose are the main production area for coffee in Costa Rica.  This is how it looked about 30 kilometres away from the city as we went to a coffee plantation. This is the coffee plantation we … Continue reading →