According to National Geographic, our home for the last few nights in the country has the best weather in the world. It is rather nice here, warm and sunny but not sweltering, low humidity, etc. It’s also nice here because we’re staying in a pretty American-style house with amenities such as
Monteverde was a great place to take kids. We had so much fun hiking there and visiting Insect World, the bat exhibit, and the Serepentorium. It was great to cool off from the Caribbean, too. Aside from my tummy bug, it really felt like a vacation. However, we’re happy to be here in a comfy house with a pool and a spectacular view for our last few days. Life is good!
The view going down the mountain from Monteverde.
We encountered several traffic delays on the way down. First a herd of cows…
Next some roadwork. We got to watch them scoop a lot of dirt into that dump truck…
Delays not pictured: dogs sleeping in the road and a long detour caused by lack of signage to Atenas…
View from the pool.
This is a great place to watch the storms roll in.
We leave on Monday! We’re excited to see everyone very soon.
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Your new home sounds and looks fabulous, but we can’t wait to see you in your own home back in San Marcos. We loved the pictures of the rainforest and the “bag of water.” And those tree roots were fabulous!
I just wanted to thank you very much for this indepth article. I have already bookmarked your site, when I have more free time I am going to have to do some further browsing. Well back to my dreaming of Panama or back to the books – I wonder which one is going to win out.