It’s about 6AM and my bed starts shaking. My first thought was that one of Berni’s German shepherds has gotten into our casita and is having some fun. Nope... put that idea out of your mind. “Earthquake" comes next to mind. Yup-- it’s an aftershock-- not a real eathquake--so not to worry, friends and family. We are in Costa Rica with lots of active volcanoes and they had a big one last week 6.0 and this was merely one of the “aftershocks” that our innkeeper tells me last night have been going on for days. "But don’t expect another one" ,he says. I try to believe him. Oh well, this is the price we pay to visit paradise.
Breakfast was befitting CR..lots of fresh fruits (ah-so that's what a papaya should taste like!) and a sweet bread pudding . Paula saw an amazing tropical flower hanging from a very innocent looking vine. Like plastic-layered color.
Off we went after breakfast to rent our generic, small 4WD at Thrifty. Uneventful except for the fact that it seemed to take about three hours to finally get out of their door. We hit the Pan American Highway at around 11AM for a five hour ride to the rainforest and Finca la Anita. This is the best road in CR and if you average about 30-40mph you are speeding. But if you set your expectations low and give yourself lots of time to reach your destination you can really enjoy the ride..which we did. The last 10 miles or so was an adventure, an unpaved slippery, pot-holed jungle road (it had just poured), crossing bridges that were about as wide as my car and looked like they would fall into the stream any minute. But if was really fun to drive. Paula was calm and a good navigator (I started calling her Magellen after she found our hotel in Bologna by some miracle!) , and we arrived at this amazing , lush, gorgeous place safe and sound. We were greeted warmly by our hostess/owner Ana.
Breakfast was befitting CR..lots of fresh fruits (ah-so that's what a papaya should taste like!) and a sweet bread pudding . Paula saw an amazing tropical flower hanging from a very innocent looking vine. Like plastic-layered color.
Off we went after breakfast to rent our generic, small 4WD at Thrifty. Uneventful except for the fact that it seemed to take about three hours to finally get out of their door. We hit the Pan American Highway at around 11AM for a five hour ride to the rainforest and Finca la Anita. This is the best road in CR and if you average about 30-40mph you are speeding. But if you set your expectations low and give yourself lots of time to reach your destination you can really enjoy the ride..which we did. The last 10 miles or so was an adventure, an unpaved slippery, pot-holed jungle road (it had just poured), crossing bridges that were about as wide as my car and looked like they would fall into the stream any minute. But if was really fun to drive. Paula was calm and a good navigator (I started calling her Magellen after she found our hotel in Bologna by some miracle!) , and we arrived at this amazing , lush, gorgeous place safe and sound. We were greeted warmly by our hostess/owner Ana.
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