COSTA RICA!

Our first early morning peek at the tropical rainforest world awaiting us in Costa Rica! This is looking out the french doors in our hotel in San Jose - a quiet refuge away from the noisy city streets with a first class french restaurant that provided our first two in-country meals.











Below is the hotel walkway from our room.



















Our faithful "Tourismo" van with our "excellente" driver Marcos tying down the luggage. 10 of us spent a lot of time in this van the next 9 days bumping along the unpaved mountain roads. Along with our driver, there was our very knowledgeable and pleasant guide Antonio, Bob and Ann Barry from Washington state, and Catherine and Leigh, two long-time friends from San Jose, California. All proved to be great traveling companions. You will see pictures of them as we progress on our tour.



















One of the many mini-vans we saw manuevering through the busy San Jose traffic - looks like a handy van to have!














"Tipico" Costa Rican scenery - we were leaving the San Jose area!