This was one of the craziest things on the canopy tour! We were lowered from a high bridge down to a lower one. This happened after the first 4 zip lines and before the rock climbing.
7 years ago
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Our Trip To Costa Rica
Brad and I just spent a week in Costa Rica with others from Brad's work. We had such a great time!! We've been so lucky to have been included on these group trips. We've gotten the opportunity to go to places we'd probably otherwise never see.
We flew in late at night to the Liberia airport, walked off the plane and waited outside in this large shed (kind of like an airport hanger) to show our passports. While in line we were standing right next to this grasshopper that was 6 inches long!! I was instantly worried that huge bugs were going to be everywhere during our trip (because the grasshoppers were in the airport bathrooms too). Thankfully other than lots and lots of mosquito bites, I came away without seeing many insects. Yeah!
The resort was awesome! It was so beautiful. It had parts of the swimming pools that had no edge (the pool ran off into a waterfall on the other side) and so it looks like it goes right into the ocean.
We had a 45 minute minimum bus ride to get to anywhere from the resort hotel - much of it on a dirt road. We went into Tamarindo quite a few times, and these are some photos I took from the window of the bus.
One day I went shopping in Tamarindo while Brad stayed at the resort & surfed. Those of us that went shopping ate at this outdoor restaurant. My friend Rachelle was feeling adventurous and she ordered the seafood soup. I'm so glad she did, because I got a great photo out of it!!! She was literally going to gag!
Yes, that is an entire squid (head and all) and an entire crab floating on top!
My friend Tiffany asked the waiter what was good at the restaurant, and he suggested she get the tenderloin. Well, she went ahead and ordered it and it came out looking like 3 pounds of meat (and happened to be rare inside). The fact that she's 8 weeks pregnant, and that nearly 30 flies immediately swarmed it kind of turned her stomach!
We had a fantastic day with the entire group rappelling & doing a series of 9 zip lines over canopy trees and a canyon with a river below, white water rafting in individual tubes, horseback riding, and hiking to a waterfall where most of the guys (including Brad) jumped in. I was scared to death of the first zip line, and of getting lowered by rope down this canyon, and I turn to look at Brad as he gets lowered just after me, and he chose to get lowered down head first. He's so funny, and I'm definitely a wus! I really enjoyed the horseback riding and the tubing was absolutely my favorite part of the day. For me the zip line course felt like my own personal "Biggest Loser" challenge. It was really frightening to me, although it did get easier as I went along. As for Brad, he was totally in his element & probably never wanted it to end.
Brad went scuba diving with his friend, Terry. It was his second dive since getting certified two years ago. He saw about 8 reef sharks, 20 spotted eagle rays, 5 eels, starfish, and thousands of tropical fish. (Yes, he's standing right by me telling me what to say right now!) He had a great dive, but he's paying for it still. He's got a terrible ear infection called "swimmer's ear", and it has been super painful for him. Last night I went to put his presciption ear drops in, and his ear was practically swollen shut. His ear never fully cleared (popped) after his dive, and then we went straight out with the entire group and went sailing on a catamaran and went snorkeling, then he played pool volleyball later that night. We're now pretty sure all that water in one day wasn't very good for his ear. That was my first time to snorkel, and it was a blast! Brad and I saw hundreds and hundreds of fish.
Brad and I had a blast gathering shells for our girls. There were shells everywhere you looked. It was so fun to look into these little pools of water and see all of these pretty shells, and then notice them move around because they all had hermit crabs inside of them.
You know that Seinfeld episode where the man says "No soup for you!!" Well, on our way home at the Liberia, Costa Rica airport the luggage screener had me open my suitcase and he grabbed my bag of shells and pretty much said, "No shells for you!!" He took our shells and I was so bummed. However, we had a FANTASTIC trip, and got to enjoy the company of good friends all week. Love you all! - Camille
We flew in late at night to the Liberia airport, walked off the plane and waited outside in this large shed (kind of like an airport hanger) to show our passports. While in line we were standing right next to this grasshopper that was 6 inches long!! I was instantly worried that huge bugs were going to be everywhere during our trip (because the grasshoppers were in the airport bathrooms too). Thankfully other than lots and lots of mosquito bites, I came away without seeing many insects. Yeah!
The resort was awesome! It was so beautiful. It had parts of the swimming pools that had no edge (the pool ran off into a waterfall on the other side) and so it looks like it goes right into the ocean.
We had a 45 minute minimum bus ride to get to anywhere from the resort hotel - much of it on a dirt road. We went into Tamarindo quite a few times, and these are some photos I took from the window of the bus.
One day I went shopping in Tamarindo while Brad stayed at the resort & surfed. Those of us that went shopping ate at this outdoor restaurant. My friend Rachelle was feeling adventurous and she ordered the seafood soup. I'm so glad she did, because I got a great photo out of it!!! She was literally going to gag!
Yes, that is an entire squid (head and all) and an entire crab floating on top!
My friend Tiffany asked the waiter what was good at the restaurant, and he suggested she get the tenderloin. Well, she went ahead and ordered it and it came out looking like 3 pounds of meat (and happened to be rare inside). The fact that she's 8 weeks pregnant, and that nearly 30 flies immediately swarmed it kind of turned her stomach!
We had a fantastic day with the entire group rappelling & doing a series of 9 zip lines over canopy trees and a canyon with a river below, white water rafting in individual tubes, horseback riding, and hiking to a waterfall where most of the guys (including Brad) jumped in. I was scared to death of the first zip line, and of getting lowered by rope down this canyon, and I turn to look at Brad as he gets lowered just after me, and he chose to get lowered down head first. He's so funny, and I'm definitely a wus! I really enjoyed the horseback riding and the tubing was absolutely my favorite part of the day. For me the zip line course felt like my own personal "Biggest Loser" challenge. It was really frightening to me, although it did get easier as I went along. As for Brad, he was totally in his element & probably never wanted it to end.
Brad went scuba diving with his friend, Terry. It was his second dive since getting certified two years ago. He saw about 8 reef sharks, 20 spotted eagle rays, 5 eels, starfish, and thousands of tropical fish. (Yes, he's standing right by me telling me what to say right now!) He had a great dive, but he's paying for it still. He's got a terrible ear infection called "swimmer's ear", and it has been super painful for him. Last night I went to put his presciption ear drops in, and his ear was practically swollen shut. His ear never fully cleared (popped) after his dive, and then we went straight out with the entire group and went sailing on a catamaran and went snorkeling, then he played pool volleyball later that night. We're now pretty sure all that water in one day wasn't very good for his ear. That was my first time to snorkel, and it was a blast! Brad and I saw hundreds and hundreds of fish.
Brad and I had a blast gathering shells for our girls. There were shells everywhere you looked. It was so fun to look into these little pools of water and see all of these pretty shells, and then notice them move around because they all had hermit crabs inside of them.
You know that Seinfeld episode where the man says "No soup for you!!" Well, on our way home at the Liberia, Costa Rica airport the luggage screener had me open my suitcase and he grabbed my bag of shells and pretty much said, "No shells for you!!" He took our shells and I was so bummed. However, we had a FANTASTIC trip, and got to enjoy the company of good friends all week. Love you all! - Camille
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