Iguana Green basilisk (Jesus Christ lizard) Sloth Tent bat Red eyed tree frog Crocodile fish Termites Porcupine (back end) Jacana Little blue heron Green backed heron Turtles Snake bird Green macaw Vultures Greater heron Tiger heron Howler monkey Osprey Toucan Bullfrog Rhino nosed grasshopper Coral snake Crab Langoustine Army ants Leaf cutter ants Walking spider Toad ‘Campo’ spider Tiny frogs Various grasshoppers 2 fat herons ...

Costa Rica is one of the most Eco friendly and eco diverse nations. This is mainly due to the preservation of rain forests and reforestation and many national parks to control and manage this In other ways (daily life) it is probably less advanced than many others We were told that the country has a very high standard of living e.g. free education and health care but in rural areas especially there still seems to be a lot of poverty Costa Rica does not have a...

So, I mentioned the Sushi restaurant. As it happened Lin wasn’t feeling great and so decided to give it a miss. As a result Andy was a Billy no mates and ate on a table for one. It was very nice Sushi though! This was supposed to be a quiet few days following the activity of the last 10 days or so and that was how it turned out. We decided to spend the next day by the pools - more accurately one of the five available. But first we had to find an ATM with ...

The journey from Monteverde to the coast was long and slow. We had a driver who didn’t speak English, was extremely cautious and never once went over 50! The first section of Road was quite rough and we followed an even slower pick up truck that built up a huge queue of traffic which, eventually, seemed to manage to overtake both us and the pick up! When he finally turned off and the Road improved as we got lower down the mountains we came behind a gaucho he...

Pictures added. May not be in chronological order!