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Adventures
Monthly Archives: November 2011
The Search for the Great Potoo
We first saw this enigmatic bird on our first visit to Costa Rica two years ago in the Gandoca/Manzanilla Reserve in the South Caribbean zone; then we saw it in daylight, which is a pretty rare thing.
As dusk falls a strange call can be heard, loud and pretty scary! The Great Potoo appears ready to [...]
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Caribbean Coast – All the Little Creatures
There are plenty of interesting happenings in and around a house in the jungle, like the afternoon that Richard was down in the garden and suddenly heard something coming toward him, out of the forest at speed. That can be quite a scary moment, wondering what on earth it could be but already knowing it [...]
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Playa Negra, Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica
Moving up from Punta Uva we are now in one of our favourite spots on the Sth Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. It’s very different here from the secluded, golden beach of Punta Uva. Playa negra is a wide sweep of black sand that stretches from Puerto Viejo around a bay toward Cahuita. From the [...]
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Everyone loves Toucans
There are many places in Costa Rica to see these wonderfully coloured birds, and good opportunities to get that special photo. Villa Toucan is aptly named and will afford the photographer and bird watcher alike with close encounters with this enigmatic creature. However skill will be required to get that perfect shot, these guys are [...]
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Southern Caribbean Coast – Costa Rica
There are so many accommodation options on the stretch of coast between the small town of Puerto Viejo and the end of the road at Manzanillo that anyone can find what they are looking for, except, of course if you want a high- rise, everything- you- need, all- inclusive, Mega-resort.
There are none of those.
Cycling this [...]
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