Costa Rica 2007

We met up with Mike and Joanna from Toronto again.

Trying my hand... no luck.

Our American friends.

A Jesus Christ lizard.

Monkey Head Island

July 2007

Terri and I loved Costa Rica so much in 2006, we decided to return to a different resort. The first day we arrived we ran into Mike and Joanna, the couple from Toronto we had met in Costa Rica last year. No planning, just coincidence! We took a boat tour with them and I tried deep sea fishing but didn't have any luck. Unfortunately Mike and Joanna were on the end of their vacation and headed home after two days with us.

We took another tour through the rainforest and saw monkeys, crocs, lots of birds and the 'Jesus Christ lizard'. It is named that because it basks on branches on the shore near the water looking for food, but if it sees danger coming it takes off running on long legs and big feet across the water! We also went on another canopy zip-lining tour and both of us tried different methods - Superman, upside down and Tarzan. 

One day Terri and I went on a four wheel drive tour through the area and one of the things we saw was a deserted beautiful beach. We decided to return there the next day to swim and hang out. There was an island just off shore separated from the beach from a narrow band of water. We decided to swim to it. It was not a great decision. We both got caught in the current trying to get to the island and Terri in particular was swept further than we wanted to go. It was scary and we had to struggle to get there. We explored the island a bit and then headed back, a little better prepared for the current. When we got back to the beach where we had left our towels we found someone had helped themselves to our cameras!! All the photos from the week were gone! We went looking around for anyone and found a small village just behind the bushes along the beach. We naively just wanted the memories cards back. We were really bummed and we were really stupid and trusting. Lesson learned the hard way.

The last couple of days we hooked up with a young American couple. we had fun with them and shared a fish they caught deep sea fishing and did some body surfing with them at the beach. They were nice enough to lend us their camera so we could take some photos in and around the resort.