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gimmeFri Feb-04-05 09:26 PM
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#13177, "RE: Beyond Paradise - pics galore (Very Long)"
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Fri Feb-04-05 10:46 PM by gimme

          

Well,
Last night I promised to post up some(lots) pics from my high school trip to Costa Rica. So here they are.
It was a 10 day trip leaving the freezing LAX on Dec. 7th at 12:30am with a group of 23 awesome people including 3 chaperones. Destination: San Jose, Costa Rica arriving around 6:00a.m. or so in 75-80F humid temps.

We were still in the air when the warm sunlight peeked. At first I was wondering what the heck was the purple line out of the dark. 15 mins. later:
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First day, we spent touring the capital, San Jose. Very busy and beautiful city.
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Next day we spent traveling to "Tortugero"(Turtle Beach). Costa Rica's wetland. We traveled through the REALLY FOGGY and rainy "Cloud Forest" which has the highest elevation in Costa Rica. As we get closer to "Tortugero," we began to see miles of Banana Fields.
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We came upon a large banana production house which belong to Monte.
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We made a pit-stop to have some delicious lunch and around the corner was a natural pond; stocked with talipia and "rainbow bass."
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Finally we arrived at the suuuuper humid "Tortugero." VERY beautiful place. Here's a cool pic of an old boat that was once used to tons and tons of goods.
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We loaded ourselves and luggage on these flat bottom boats that will take us on a 2 hour boat ride to the deserted yet ironically most beautiful "Turtle Beach Lodge."
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Suzuki FOUR STROKE!!!
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On our voyage through the wild wetlands, our goal was to spot out as many wildlife as we can. First one was a smaller model croc; camoflauging on a floating log.
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Here are some pictures taken on the boat ride:
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Once we got off the boat at the lodge, we were immediately greeted with the great people serving us the best fruit mix drink I've ever had. We shared little cabins and the backyard would be the Caribbean Sea.
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We spent couple of days at the lodge and would wake up early in the morning to do a boat ride around the area to search for animals. We'd do hiking in super muddy trails and spot wildlife in the area.
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We also saw Poison Dart Frogs. Tour guide was god-like spotting out tiny creatures.
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Not sure if this one is the same one as earlier, but we did see a couple. Primarily juvinilles.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/brownjello109/IMG_0250.jpg

On boat rides, we would come across some fishing lodges that take people to fish the Caribbean for tarpoon sailfish, etc.
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Unfortunately, we had to leave "Tortugero" for our next destination-"Monteverde" which is located in the middle of Costa Rica. Very beautiful place. Acres of coffee fields that gets harvested and shipped right to the U.S.; into our neighborhood Starbucks!

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Spotted lots of animals through hikes, horseback riding, bus rides, more boat rides, etc.

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Did my part as a tree hugger and planted some new trees to rebuild a forest that was once destroyed due to deforestation for farming and ranching

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We also spent a couple of days in "Monteverde" and took off to visit our final destination: My favorite of em' all "Guanacaste Beach"
I was literally in heaven. Great food, incredibly mellow people, Bob Marley music in the background, beautiful yacht, clear warm sea water, white sand, georgeous sunset, snorkeling in an aquarium with millions of colorful fishies!
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Another villa we stayed in:
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I spent most of my time with my buddies kayaking around the islands, walking deserted beaches, picking up some shells and all, just having the time of our lives.
There was one day when we were at a very nice beach, swimming body surfing, getting tossed around etc. when some baitfish started boiling right next to us. I would try to dive right in the middle and see if I can see anything "special." Once in a while I would see something about the size of a keyboard zip right under me or by me. They had a yellowish color and I thought I was crazy when I suspected Dorado until I read Josh's post. "We saw lots of dolphins right outside the surf, sm. roosters"

The stupidest mistake I ever made was not bringing a rod with me. I had the perfect travel setup. Small 2 piece Shimano spinning outfit with 6lb test and I'm still kicking myself in the butt for not bringing it. It could'vr made the trip EVEN BETTER!

It's funny because when people ask me how my trip was. I couldn't even explain how "great" the experience was. All I could say was, "It was really really nice."

Costa Rica was an experience of a lifetime and were definately going back the end of our senior year. AND THIS TIME, I'M FISHING!

Hope ya'll enjoyed the photos



Aaron
Gimme

  

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