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Our first Wet Bar experience!! Arenal Manoa
A cool naturally painted tree at Doka Estate
One of the many colorful flowers we documented
Bird of Paradise variety
Prepared to do some amazing ziplining!
Hiking in Arenal National Park
Few places offer as much diversity of bird life as Costa Rica!
Arenal Manoa-pool area
Pacuare River at dusk
Arenal slowly erupting with another 30 sec exposure!
Doka Estate Coffee Plantation
More gorgeous flowers at Doka Estate
Paos Volcano in Costa Rica
Coffee Fruit at Doka Estate
The World\'s Largest Ox Cart-Sarchi
Jungle bird!
Pacuare River from Rios Tropicales ziplining platform
Spotting Tucans from the balcony!
View from our Rios Tropicales room
Tucan!
Another Jungle Tucan!
Taking off!
Pacuare River
Rios Tropicales area
more Rios Tropicales
Another Tucan-We saw a lot of them!
view of the lodge from the Pacuare River
lounging in the hammocks
Yellowtail-they have really neat nests!
Morning dew on another unique flower
Lizard!
Some of the many butterflies-rainforest
a 20 minute hike from the Rios Tropicales lodge
the view from our bed at Arenal Manoa
Chestnut Mandibled Tucan-Arenal
Tucan-Arenal
Another gorgeous butterfly
Lake Arenal, Costa Rica
Ziplining!!!!!
Almost to the end-the wind in my face!
One of the many Arenal eruptions--BANG!!!THUNDER!!BOOM!!
BOOOOOOM!
Coati-ziplining wildlife
beautiful!
Shopping in La Fortuna after ziplining
view from pool level
Arenal and flowers
THUNDER!!!
Beautiful Contrast!
a small creek running through Arenal Manoa
Blue Jean Dart Frog-so small
another cool bird
one of the 70 varieties of hummingbirds
HUM! HUM! HUMMINGBIRD!
Bryan the Tarzan impersonator-see him in Vegas next year!
HOWLER MONKEYS!!!
Tucan posing for the picture!
Arenal at night from our room!
Arenal
We are in the faded raft paddling upstream to the waterfall!
Rafting the Pacuare River!
Pura Vida-Only in Costa Rica
  1. Our journey together begins: Sunrise & Sunset
  2. Cafe, Hydrangeas, Volcan, Fresas, y Alajuela
  3. Day 1 of Rafting the Pacuare River: AAAAHHHHH!!!
  4. Day 2 of Rafting the Pacuare River: WOOOHOOO!!!!!
  5. Ziplining near the base of Arenal & Bartering in Spanish!!!
  6. Arenal Manoa Farm & Hiking in Arenal National Park
  7. Final moments with Arenal and then Back to San Jose
  8. Realizations that we are headed home

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