Small World Photos

We will be embarking on our next journey soon. We will be visiting Thailand, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, The Maldives, India, and South Africa. Stay tuned for our daily posts.

We had a very early morning again this morning with Jason. We had a togo breakfast from the coffee shop and met him outside. We were driving into the mountains to meet a friend of his, Michael who had a farm where the Resplendent Quetzal's nested. The drive was along steep mountain roads and it was so foggy we could barely see the front of the car. To make matters worse there were trucks and construction happening on the road. Somehow we made it safely to a small roadside caf

We got up very early this morning for our birding tour with a private guide, Jason. Conrad went to the coffee shop to pick up our to go breakfasts and we then met Jason at the entrance to the hotel. We headed out of San Jose while it was still dark to visit from national parks outside of San Jose. We stopped for breakfast on our way. We hiked through a heavily wooded area in a national park for what seemed like a long time. Jason was focussed on very small birds through his s

We disembarked the ship today in Costa Rica in a port town about 2 hours from San Jose. We were loaded into a van inside of the secure port area and bussed to a parking lot outside of the port where after a bit of confusion, we found our private transfer. He ended up being a very nice guy who took us from the port to the Marriot Hacienda Belem. The area appeared to be very industrial and was only 8 miles from the airport, but we were pleasantly surprised as we entered through