Vacation!
Posted on 24 January 2010
boat ride (this time with a roof)
After the new year Chris and I were able (thanks to our families) take a 10 day child free vacation. The last child-free vacation that we had was before Sam was conceived so it was time for us to remember what it was like to be a couple without a munchkin in tow.
wash & dry? (it also shows just how hard the rain came down)
We decided upon Costa Rica as our destination and boy did we have a good time. It was raining for a good portion of our trip, in fact there were a couple of days where it rained like nothing we’d ever seen or experienced before. Even then it was great, in fact that may have been my favorite part of the whole trip. We traveled around the country a great bit. We did a day trip to the Arenal Volcano (a massage followed by time in the hot springs for me!), spent 3 days in Tortuguero, spent 3 days in Monteverde (aka the cloud forest) and 3 days in Manuel Antonio. If I had it to do over again I would lengthen the other parts and shorten and/or omit the Manuel Antonio part, it was too touristy for me.
Pachira Flower
wet flower
sun!
fire control system at the Tortuguero airstrip
Chris and I in Monteverde
spider monkey
sleepy sloth
sunset in Monteverde
It was a well needed trip and I’m glad we did it though 10 days was a bit long for being away from Sam. She handled it very well and only had a few meltdowns. To be honest most of the time I kept thinking that I couldn’t wait until she was big enough for us to take her there. Costa Rica really is an amazing country ecologically, it amazes me how diverse the eco-systems in the country are. To see all (at least the ones I felt were good enough to upload) the pics I took go here.
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