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Alice Barrett

(Costa Rica Quest, Aug 2008)

Every guide was friendly and informative. I still have a crush on Gabriel, our guide from LeBergerac to Turtle Beach. We had a great time on all our trips, the morning canal boat ride, the cerro tour, and the canoe ride. We saw lots of animals and learned lots about the environment. We were lucky enough to see turtles on the night tour of the Tortuguero Beach, one laying, two coming out of the sea and two going back in.

Our whitewater rafting trip was fabulous! And our guide was terrific, telling us when to jump out of the boat for little swims teaching us how to navigate the river. And our guide for the morning rainforest walk in Arenal was a sweet young man who knew the trail very well and who led us into a troop of howler monkeys. We have video of us surrounded by males, mothers with babies on their backs, young monkeys curious about us and looking at us from their branches in the trees. We were looking up at them for such a long time my neck started to hurt! Later in the trip we saw a peccary, which apparently is very rare. We felt we were blessed every step of the way, that the animals were coming out to see us as opposed to the other way around.

This was the vacation of a lifetime. My entire family hadn't been away together in many years and this trip was our reward for our long wait. We loved the countryside right away as we drove to our first location. The tour guide was informative, accomodating and knowledgeable, not to mention gorgeous! Our wildest dreams were realized as we saw wildlife every step of the way, starting on the road trip when we saw sloths hanging from the trees on the side of the road. The first day in Tortuguero I saw spider monkeys as I went on the canoe trip with guide,as well as many exotic birds. The next morning began with the suprising call of the howler monkeys in the trees right outside our window. And then we were off on our canal tour where we saw spider and howler monkeys, caimans, iguanas, bats, toucans, tiger herons,curassow,guan and many other birds. All this within our first 24 hours! I'm hoping to actually submit a journal for the contest so won't give away too much more. But let me just say that I can't wait to get back to Costa Rica.



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